#531

American Black Cloth Folk Doll in Original Costume
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$450
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$400 / $500
Description
22" (56 cm.) All black sateen cloth doll with flat-dimensional ball-shaped head, black yarn hair, painted brows and lips, stitched-on hand-painted eyes, stitch-jointing at shoulders and hips. Condition: good, wear tears on costume and body, eyes loose. Comments: American, circa 1885. Value Points: imaginative folk creativity of a most appealing figure, the man is wearing original handmade gentleman's suit with vest, shirt and tie.