Rare American Patented Cloth Doll with Original Costume by Anne Maxwell

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18" (46 cm.) Of fine cotton,the doll has one-piece head and torso,stitch-jointed arms and legs,mitten fingers with separate thumbs,hand-painted facial features,outlined pale blue eyes,painted lashes,nose shape,and outlined red lips,unusual "hair" comprised of silky floss bangs,and yellow cotton wig cap with matching cotton strips designed to allow a child to braid or otherwise design the doll hair. Condition: very good,light spotting on side of face. Comments: from the 1915 patent of Anne Maxwell of New York; the patent for the doll and its description are shown in Cloth Dolls by Linda Edwards,page 42. Value Points: rare American doll with unusual wig design,nicely-painted features.