#29

Italian Felt Fretting Character Girl,Model 1500,White Wedding Gown by Lenci
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$1,500
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Description
17" (43 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features,very chubby face especially of cheeks and chin,narrow blue side-glancing eyes,painted upper lashes,rose eye shadow,fringed brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with bow- shaped pursed lips,blonde mohair wig in center part with soft arranged curls,felt body with jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Lenci (on both feet) Lenci (cloth tag on train) Lenci (paper label on flowers). Comments: Lenci,from the 1500 series,circa 1932. Value Points: very rare and wonderfully-preserved model featuring a fretful-faced bride wearing original very elaborate wedding gown that is lavishly covered overall with tiered self-ruffles and includes an extended train,organdy pink ruffled underslip,socks,felt shoes,felt flowers forming a coronet in her hair and bouquets of flowers in each hand.