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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Doll
Object Number
1915-22-0
Description
Doll with papier-mâché head and shoulders, real hair on head. Doll is dressed in white silk dress with puffed sleeves, straight neckline and skirt decorated with pink satin loops on hem and sequins, piece of net remain. Hair is braided on head with a series of curls across brow. Doll has ballet slippers on feet and leather gloves on hands. The hands are sewn to the skirt as if lifting the hem of the skirt upward. A pink silk cord is sewn to the back of the waist of the doll and by holding cord, doll will stand in a ballet position
Comment
The doll was given to Mrs. Adenau in 1860 by the maker Elizabeth Gautier
Category
Date Made
c.1800-1810
Dimensions
13" long
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
