#26

Pair,American Black Cloth Folk Dolls with Whimsical Details
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$450
sold
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Description
23" (58 cm.) Each is of black cotton sateen with one-piece head and torso,having stitch-shaped definition of nose and chin,button eyes with white buttons below protruding black button "pupils",embroidered brows,nostrils and lip line,sewn-on button earrings,stitched-on black fleecy wool hair,stitch jointing of floppy arms and legs at shoulders and hips,stitch-defined fingers. Condition: generally excellent,shoes worn on one. Comments: American,circa 1930. Value Points: delightful presence of the whimsical details,their original matching costumes and button eyes with variation of materials,enhancing their folk art origins.