#238

American Black Cloth Folk Doll
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$500
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Description

13" (33 cm). Brown cotton sateen doll with shaped face, stitch-shaped nose, embroidered brows, eyes, mouth and row of teeth, black fleecy yarn hair, stitch-jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent, hands missing. Comments: American, circa 1900. Value Points: wonderfully imaginative folk art doll with amusing detail of teeth, wearing original costume.