#319

Collection of Eight Cloth Caricature Dolls by Roldan
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Description
8" (20 cm.) - 10'. Each has pressed cloth face with exaggerated features depicting the sense of the character, with oil-painted features that further enhance that character, mohair wigs, felt body with wire armature that is posed in exaggerated manners, and each with original costume and whimsical accessories, with original Roldan paper labels. Excellent condition with rich vibrant colors perfectly retained. Included are woman with wooden baby cart and two babies; woman walking in a windstorm with coat blown up; woman at the beach, lad with pig and chick, peddler with goods, girl with roller skates having her arm in a sling, man with nightcap, candlestick and his dog, and a judge with gavel. The Roldan caricature dolls were made in Spain in the mid-1900s, and imported to the US by Rosenfeld Imports.