#189

Two Cloth Dolls Portraying Douglas Fairbanks in
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$250
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Description
11"(28 cm.) and 15". Each is felt doll with pressed and painted facial features,the larger with brown side-glancing eyes,brown eyes with grey highlights and brown eye shadow,closed mouth,painted moustache,and brown fleecy hair with sideburns,and wearing original velvet,flannel and felt costume with high boots and belt,silver trim,riding whip,black felt sombrero; and the smaller a similar model with less details. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: the dolls depict Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) in his role in the silent screen film "The Gaucho".