#156

American Black-Complexioned Folk Doll Gentleman in Suit
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$2,500
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16" (41 cm.) All black cotton with stitch-shaped nose, cut-out eye sockets with embroidered lashes and velvet applique eyes, applique full lips and embroidered double row of teeth, black woolly brows and hair, hand-shaped wide-limbed body. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: American, late 1800s. Value Points: imaginative detail of facial features, the gentleman is wearing original costume comprising brown plaid shirt, Scottish plaid vest, blue woolen jacket, tan pants, and red leather shoes.