#27

American Cloth
Live Auction

$650
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) All cloth doll with flat-dimensional face,painted small arched brows,four painted lashes under each rounded black shoe-button eye,painted diamond-shaped nose,small smiling mouth with red center and upturned corners,red worsted wool hair,muslin stitch-jointed body,sewn-on red and white striped stockings,sewn-on black cotton shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Raggedy Andy from the illustrations of Johnny Gruelle,made by Volland,circa 1920. Value Points: wonderfully-preserved condition,the early model Andy wears his original blue plaid shirt with black bow,blue cotton pants with white buttons.