Composition-headed doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1878
Materials
Composition-headed doll, wax, wool, cotton, glass, metal and silk
Measurements
690 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661869
Summary
A doll with composition shoulder-head and fixed glass eyes. She has moulded and painted blonde hair with a black painted hair band, and moulded and painted facial features. Her forearms and lower legs are also composition, and her body stuffed fabric. She wears a white muslin blouse and skirt with brown printed scrolls in vertical stripes, a pale pink silk sash, lace collar and sleeves, and separate white knitted cuffs with pink ribbons. Beneath this she wears a full-length white cotton petticoat with pin tucks, a white cotton chemise, a cream flannel waist petticoat, and white cotton drawers to match the cotton petticoat. She also wears cream knitted stockings and purple knitted shoes with pink ribbons and black metal buckles.