#114

German Cloth Character Doll, Series I, by Kathe Kruse
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Description
17" (43 cm). All cloth doll has pressed and oil painted facial features, brown hair with painted hair tousled onto the forehead, painted brown eyes with shaded coloring and spiral threading, black and brown upper eyeliner, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth, muslin body with stitch-jointing at shoulders, side-hip disc- jointed legs, separately stitched thumbs. CONDITION: Generally excellent. MARKS: Kathe Kruse 1726 on left foot). COMMENTS: Kathe Kruse, circa 1915. VALUE POINTS: Wonderful expression of the early model character wearing original Tyrolean costume with plaid jacket, flannel liederhausen, leggings, leather shoes.