Pair, Cloth Dolls in the Lenci Manner in Original Spanish Costumes of Seville

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15" (38 cm.) Each has felt socket head with pressed and painted facial features, brown side-glancing eyes with dramatic blue/grey eye shadow, richly blushed cheeks and lips, black mohair wig on woman and glued silk hair in very stylized manner on the man, muslin stitch-jointed body with separated fingers, and each wearing very elaborate original costume of Seville, with details including leather chaps on man, and elaborate hair ornaments on woman. Generally excellent. The dolls were early entries in the Shirley Temple collection. Included with the dolls is a vintage photograph of a very young Shirley holding them. The dolls also appear in the photograph of her doll collection, Appendix D, and were presented at a special exhibition of her dolls shown at the premiere opening of "Wee Willie Winkie".