#224

Four Wax Portrait Dolls of Silent Film Stars Created for The Art Shop of The Ambassador Hotel
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Description
12"(30 cm.) Each has a wax portrait head with sculpted hair and painted facial features,three have armature-wrapped bodies with crepe paper costumes,and the fourth has a cloth body with cloth costume. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Dietrich (incised front breastplate) and The Art Shop label (on pink dressed doll). Comments: circa 1920s,the dolls were created exclusively for The Art Shop of the Ambassador Hotel,home of the Coconut Grove night club where many of the stars gathered during this time. The cloth bodied doll is autographed,probably Claudette Colbert (difficult to decipher,also included is a photograph of Billie with star in later years holding this doll). Value Points: beautiful dolls with wonderfully-preserved costumes.