Fabric doll
Käthe Kruse
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1915
Materials
Fabric doll
Measurements
490 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659656
Summary
Baby doll (circa 1915), made by kathe Kruse, with painted muslin face and head, pink jersey limbs and body with navel. Fingers and toes stitched, separate thumbs. Weighted to feel like real baby. Wearing terry towelling nappy with safety pin, cream flannel binder with cotton tape tie, long white cotton robe with pintucks, embroidered lace cuffs, inserts and hem, white cotton bonnet with frill, pintucks and ties. Maker's label around neck
Marks and inscriptions
Tied around neck: blue diamond shape: Kathe Kruse (front) Der Trikotuber zug ist indanthren gefarbt mit Brot oder Spektrol zu reinigen, evtl. abzutrennen unt zu waschen. Im Bedarfsfalle kann der Trikotuber zug auch ersetzt werden.
Makers and roles
Käthe Kruse, maker