Very Rare American Cloth Portrait of George Washington by Martha Chase in Original Box

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25" (64 cm.) All-cloth doll with pressed and oil-painted facial features to depict President George Washington,having blue painted eyes with heavy eyelids,tinged brows,aquiline nose,closed mouth with strong lips and jaw,impasto thickly-painted white hair that forms into a pony tail at the nape,cotton sateen body cover,stitch-jointed arms and legs,oil-painted hands and feet with defined fingers and toes,wearing white woolen and lavender suit with lace jabot and cuffs,black stockings and shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: The Chase Stockinet Doll Made of Stockinet and Cloth... (original paper label on back). Comments: Martha Chase,late 19th century,the doll may have been inspired by the centennial celebration of Washington"s 1789 inauguration. Value Points: very rare doll in perfectly preserved original condition with most artistic painting,in its original labeled box.