#235

Four American Cloth Dolls "Sweets" Designed by Maud Tousey Fangel
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$1,500
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Description
13" (33 cm.) -17". Each is all cloth with flat-dimensional face having printed features and curly blonde locks from the illustrations of Maud Tousey Fangel (three with blue eyes and one with rarer brown eyes) and two having additional blonde yarn braids; each doll has stitched-on cloth body costume and matching sewn-on cap (two with added brims). Condition: generally excellent,some light fading. Comments: Georgene Averill,circa 1940,the doll was marketed as "Sweets". Value Points: rare and all-original dolls with wonderful variations of costume/body designs.