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Description
19" (48 cm.) Felt swivel head with very rounded plump face and cheeks, pressed and painted facial features, large brown side-glancing eyes, black eyeliner with curly lashes, short comma brows high on forehead, rounded nose with accented nostrils, closed mouth with impressed dimples at sides of lips, defined tiny chin, weft-stitched brunette mohair wig, felt torso and limbs, jointing at shoulders and hips. Wearing country style costume comprising white cotton peasant blouse, black vest with red felt edging and lacing closure, green felt skirt with red and white checkered band at the hem, twill petticoat and pantalets with yellow scalloped rick-rack at hem, socks, felt shoes. Condition: generally excellent, few moth holes in torso (under costume). Comments: Lenci, series 178, mid-1920s. Value Points: especially fine detail of facial modeling and painting of eyes on the rare model.