#82

Italian Felt Girl in Fashionable Costume by Lenci
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14" (36 cm.) Felt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features,painted blue side-glancing eyes with glazed highlights,painted upper curly lashes,closed mouth,blonde mohair wig in ringlet curls,jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Lenci,circa 1935,the model marketed as Rita or Lucia,appeared in a variety of fashionable and folkloric- style costumes. Value Points: fresh condition of the pretty child,wearing original organdy and felt costume with felt rick-rack trim,matching green felt bonnet and shoes,undergarments,socks.