American Cloth Folk Doll with Painted Feature and Original Costume

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14" (36 cm.) All muslin cloth doll except carved wooden lower legs and feet, flat-dimensional face with slightly-shaped nose, painted facial features including all-around lashes, blush spots on cheeks, closed mouth, stitched-on black silk cap with border coronet of blonde braids, stitch-jointed arms and legs. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: American, circa 1885. Value Points: charming painting of features, unusual coiffe and coiffure detail, original calico costume of various prints