#236

American Cloth "Columbian Doll" by Emma Adams
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$3,000
sold
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Description
16" (41 cm.) All-cloth doll with flat-dimensional face,side seams with some fullness around the front section lending a plump look to the face,oil painted features and curly brown hair with scalloped curls at the forehead,large brown eyes with two white eye dots in each eye,outlined lashes,nose and mouth,blushed cheeks,stitch-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,nicely costumed. Condition: very good,some paint fading around the mouth. Comments: Emma Adam̴s Columbian Doll,so-named for its Gold Medal award at the 1893 Columbian Exposition World Fair in Chicago. Value Points: desirable American doll with original painted finish,most appealing expression.