Leisure object - Doll, c. 1920

Historical information

Displayed at History House.

Physical description

Hand-made fabric doll made from brown velvet (head, torso, arms and feet) and yellow velvet (legs and lower torso-overalls).
Glass eyes, brown.
Painted eye-brows, eyelashes (black), and lips, nostrils (red and white).
Appears to be human hair sewn into head.
Body stuffed with wadding, head with a firmer material that crunches.

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