#27

Velvet Cloth Doll in the Wellings Manner
Live Auction

$1,000
sold
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Description

16". Black velvet head with pressed facial features, brown glass inset eyes, painted brows and eyeliner, broad shaped nose, painted lips in wide beaming smile, painted teeth, black cotton sateen body with stitch-jointed legs, disc-jointed velvet arms. Wearing original cotton plaid shirt, maroon velvet pants, golden velvet bow, press-shaped hat, black shoes. Unsigned, but in the manner of Norah Wellings. Circa 1935.