#429

American Cloth Folk Doll with Unique Facial and Ears Shaping
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$300
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Estimate
$500 / $700
Description
24" (61 cm.) All muslin cloth doll with four-seam shaped head, stitched-on nose, stitched stuck-out ears, brown painted hair with stippling around the forehead, painted solid color brown eyes, painted smiling lips, cloth body with stitch jointing at shoulders and hips, antique cotton dress and apron. Condition: very good, some repairs to costume. Comments: American, late 1880s. Value Points: intriguing construction details of the folk art imaginative doll.