#250

French Cloth Doll in Normandy Costume by Raynal, Shirley Temple's Childhood Doll Collection
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20" (51 cm.) Felt swivel head with painted complexion and facial features, brown side-glancing eyes, rose eye shadow and cheek blush, closed mouth, brunette mohair wig with bangs and curls, cloth body with jointing at shoulders and hips. The doll is wearing her original pink felt folklore costume with double-tiered apron, very elaborate coiffe, fichu, undergarments, socks, and shoes. Generally excellent. Raynal, Paris, 1934. The collection of Raynal dolls is shown in an early photograph (Appendix C) of Shirley Temple's doll collection.