#50

Italian Felt Girl
Live Auction

$700
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features,slender oval-shaped face,small brown side-glancing eyes,pronounced upper eyeliner and lashes,fringed brows,grey lower eye shadow,accented nostrils closed mouth with coral lower lip and accent dots,long brunette hair wig in two long ringlet curls,slender torso and limbs,jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent,slight costume fading. Marks: (original American distributor's label inside dress indicating Lenci as maker,and with "price at factory" as 130,and "landed cost" of $11.50). Comments: Lenci,appearing in the 1926-1930 Lenci catalogs as #400/E,named "Fiammetta". Value Points: rare model series with especially beautiful facial painting,wearing original orange felt stylish dress with self-sash,undergarments,socks,and black leather Mary Jane shoes.