#104

Pair,American Carved Wooden Folk Dolls
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$250
sold
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Description
4 1/2" (11 cm.) Each is all-wooden hand-carved figure depicting a man and woman,with well- defined facial features,painted hair (the woman with sharp pageboy arrangement) and painted facial features (the man with painted moustache,shirt collar and tie),and having dowel-jointing at elbows and knees,pin-jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: American,early 20th century. Value Points: excellent folk art craftsmanship with well-defined features,acquired by Mary Young from the Mary Merritt Doll Museum at its closing.