#227

Chinese Wooden Door of Hope Bride and Groom in Especially Rare Costumes
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$1,900
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$1,200 / $1,500
Description
12" (30 cm.) Each has carved wooden head with painted and tinted facial features, carved and painted hair, firmly-stuffed cloth body, wooden hands. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Door of Hope Mission dolls representing Bride and Groom, circa 1920. Value Points: the pair wear original and perfectly-preserved wedding costumes, she with elaborate red silk costume with unusual gilt and floral embroidery and having elaborate headdress with decorative beads, pearls, and silk facial veil; and he with rich purple/black silk robe with embroidered front and back panels.