Mattie by Pat Thompson

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22". Bisque swivel head on bisque shoulder plate portraying a young girl with high cheeks bones, pointed nose, blue glass eyes, real lashes, gleaming glaze on blushed cheeks, nose and chin, light brown human hair, muslin torso, bisque lower arms and legs, expressively posed fingers, wearing yellow organza dress decorated with tiers of ruffles and lace, wide puffed sleeves, ruffled silk ribbon edging, matching wide bonnet, reticule, and shoes, undergarments, original paper booklet "Vlasta, Mattie 4/12" and indicating that only 12 of the dolls had been created because their costumes had been made from a very limited stock of lace found at an old wedding dress studio. The doll, costumed as Mattie, was made only in an edition of 12, 1987.