Three Rare Models from the American Babyland Rag Dolls Series

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15" (38 cm.) Each has silk screen printed face stitch-attached to firmly-stuffed muslin head form,with artfully-depicted facial features and complexion,and with muslin body with stitch jointing at shoulders and hips (the boy with stitch-jointed knees also). Condition: generally excellent. Comments: from the Babyland Rag Doll series of Horsman,circa 1915,the trio includes dark brown- complexioned boy with checkered suit,brown-complexioned girl with sewn-on fleece yarn wig and costumed as Native American (costume may not be original); and light brown-complexioned girl with black fleecy curls framing the face and wearing striped nursing costume. Value Points: rare models with variations of facial mood,each artistically rendered,and with original costumes (except as noted).