#109

Italian Cloth Salon Doll as Smoking Flapper by Alma
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$4,500
sold
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Description
18"(46 cm.) Felt swivel head with upturned chin,painted facial features,brown side-glancing eyes with heavy upper eyelids and ochre and grey eye shadow,beauty spot,closed mouth with drilled hole for insertion of cigarette,blonde curly hair in bobbed style of the 1920s,stitch-jointed limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Creation Alma Made in Italy (label inside jacket). Comments: Alma,circa 1920s,the doll bears an early publicity pin for Marlene Dietrich. Value Points: inspired by the sophisicated actress of the era,Marlene Dietrich,with original maker's label,the doll wears her original turquoise,yellow and black felt lounging pajamas with yellow slippers and felt necklace.