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Description
27" (69 cm.) Flat-dimensional oil-painted face is stitch attached to a muslin head and torso,with painted blonde curly shaded hair,shaded brows,bright blue eyes with red upper liner,outlined nose,closed mouth with shaded upper lip and coral lower lip,blushed cheeks,oil-painted lower arms. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: American,circa 1885,folk art in the manner of itinerant portrait painters that traveled the by-roads of America throughout the1800s waging their art; in this case the remarkably sensitive "painting" was formed into a doll rather than being framed and hung on a wall. Value Points: very fine artistry on the well-preserved doll,with fine antique costume.