Rag doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton doll
Measurements
370 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668643
Summary
A stuffed, printed cotton, rag doll, with a cotton label attached to the back of her skirt reading 'Myfanwy Jones in her best dress'. Her features and clothes are printed on the surface of the cotton. She has a stuffed cotton head with black printed facial details, hair and a Welsh hat. The shape of her head follows the outline of the hat. She has stuffed cotton body, arms and skirt. She has been made so that it appears that her legs and feet are concealed underneath her skirt. Her hands are also printed on the surface of the cotton. She wears a purple printed cotton dress which has a brown and black shawl design on the bodice and a checked black and white apron on the skirt. At the back of her skirt, pinned to the bottom, is a piece of brown printed cotton which has black printed text on it reading 'Myfanwy Jones in her best dress'.