#187

American Folk Knit Doll with Attached Costume
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$700
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Description
Likely handmade from magazine pattern of the 1930s, the knit doll has embroidered features and wonderful "pink" knit hair, with knitted-on costume of peach and mauve wool having embroidered button and trim detail. American, likely a handmade gift from a fan to Shirley Temple, 1930s.