#324

French Cloth Artist Doll from the 1920's Renaissance Movement
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$375
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19" (48 cm.) Soft felt doll head with pressed and painted facial features with embroidered detail of downcast eyes,angled brows,stuck-up nose,red lips,red yarn hair,cotton sateen body with spread- apart fingers,elongated legs. Condition: generally excellent,slight dust. Comments: circa 1920,a number of French artists designed dolls during the Renaissance of the French Doll movement in that era,and many were exhibited at the Village of Toys exhibition,including very similar dolls by Paderewski. Value Points: with impudent-faced doll is imaginatively designed,well-preserved,wears original silk and net dress,silver metallic embroidered cap.