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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Doll
Object Number
1917-21-1
Description
The doll has a porcelain head and hands, a jointed body of leather. Her face is painted. She has brown inset glass eyes and human hair. She is dressed in a full skirt of pale lavendar silk, 2 cotton and one wool petticoat and panties. There is a bodice and stiff bonnet of same material. Crossed over bodice is a white muslin kerchief and she has a white silk shawl and a larger light lavendar one. She wears black stockings and leather shoes.
Comment
Made by Mrs. Constance Towne for her daughter in-law Mrs. Henry R. Towne who donated the doll to the Historical Society
Category
Date Made
ca. 1895-1900
Dimensions
19" long
Social Tags (experimental)
