Three Norwegian Cloth Dolls by Ronnaug Pettersen in Original Costumes

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18" (46 cm.) Each has pressed cloth head with painted facial features, character expression, upper-glancing blue or brown eyes, thick upper eyeliner, painted brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth, blonde or brunette human hair wig, firmly-stuffed cloth body with jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Ronnaug Pettersen, Norwegian doll artist, circa 1950; the story of this artist is related in Ronnaug Pettersen, The Artist and Her Dolls by Bodil Meleney. Value Points: artistically painted dolls whose costumes are artistic, authentic, and vibrantly preserved.