On View
Not on viewRecreational Dolls
DateEarly 1900s
Terms
- Recreational Dolls
- Bisque
- Cotton
- Fabric
- Lace
- Mohair
- Ribbon
- Germany
Dimensions53.3 × 12.69 × 5.08 cm (21 × 5 × 2 in.)
Object numberPER2214
DescriptionBisque head; composition body; cotton dress. Kestner doll with bisque socket head and composition body. Large sleeping brown eyes, thick dark brown feathered eyebrows and black eyelashes. Closed mouth painted pink/orange with darker outline. Dimple in chin. Curly blonde mohair wig with curly bangs. Ball and socket jointed body, elastic strung. Joints in wrists, fingers seperated and expressive. Thin red line painted around fingernails. Dimples molded in knees and below toes; thin red line painted between toes and around toenails. Wearing a '60s-style black dress with red and pink flowers and a green headband with a bow. Also with doll: red cotton (?) dress with small black pattern. Dress fitted at waist, high neck, long puffy sleeves gathered along seamlines. Black lace ribbon adorns dress in woven pattern on bodice, in four rows down skirt - ending in bows, along upper seamline and cuffs of sleeves. Three black buttons in back. Dress fully lined in front and two pieces of elastic hanging from either side of front bodice. Four buttons in back. Stiff white cotton petticoat with row of lace about one inch from hem surrounded by tucks, lace on hem. Another white cotton petticoat with several tucks above hem and ruffle of embroidered eyelet. Black cotton knit stockings and black leather shoes with tie strap in front of ankle and silver buckle on instep.