#135

American Cloth Doll by Martha Chase in Original Dress and Holding Small Lithographed Doll
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$300
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Description
20" (51 cm.) All-cloth doll with firmly-pressed and oil-painted complexion,facial features and impasto-styled blonde hair with wispy curls around the forehead,painted pale blue eyes,red and black upper eyeliner,lightly-feathered brows,closed mouth,stitched ears,sateen body cover,oil-painted lower limbs with stitch jointing. Condition: generally excellent,small rub on lips. Comments: Martha Chase,circa 1910. Value Points: most appealing gentle-faced doll with original painted finish enhanced by delicate blushing,original cotton dress and undergarments,carrying her own little cut-and-stitch lithographed cloth doll.