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Description
27" (69 cm.) overall. 6" head. Composition sculpted head with
textured complexion,grey sculpted hair,painted blue eyes with
black upper eyeliner,thick brows,closed mouth,strong chin
line,cloth body and wearing black taffeta dress. Condition:
generally excellent. Comments: made by Edwina Fallis,proprietor of
the Fallis Toy Shop of Denver,Colorado in the early 1900s. Edwina
created her own dolls in a material similar to the Munich Art
Doll,and especially emphasized "dolls representing the beloved
characters of children's literature" according to a scrapbook
issued by her. In this scrapbook are 25 vintage studio photos of
dolls that could be custom-ordered from the artist. The scrapbook
is included with the doll,along with a book "When Denver and I
Were Young" by Edwina Fallis,and with a wooden artist palette with
three model heads from the artist illustrating the production of
the dolls.