Papier-mache shoulder-head doll
Greiner
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1865
Materials
Papier-mache shoulder and head with cloth body and kid leather arms
Measurements
400 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659585
Summary
A papier-mache shoulder-head doll with moulded and painted black hair and painted facial features. Brown kid leather arms and hands with individually stitched fingers. Stuffed cloth body, legs and feet. Wearing a red and white sprig pattern long-sleeved dress with lace trim at neck. White cotton petticoat decorated with pin tucks and lace. White cotton drawers trimmed with embroiderie anglais and cream machine knitted socks with pink stripes at the top. Brown leather shoes.
Marks and inscriptions
Sole of each shoe: 0
Makers and roles
Greiner , maker