Wooden doll
Category
Dolls
Date
1765 - 1775
Materials
Wooden doll
Measurements
460 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664799
Summary
A jointed wood and fabric doll with a painted wooden head, torso, forearms and hands, and fabric upper arms. Her face has painted features, glass eyes, real dark brown hair in a plait, and earrings - one resin drop missing. The doll is wearing a gold silk dress, with a white muslin bodice trim and layered cuffs. Underneath she has a green-blue quilted petticoat overlaid with net, two white cotton under petticoats, and cotton stockings (one with a hole in it) tied with cream ribbon. She has green silk shoes, tied with cream silk bows, with leather soles. On her head is a white lace bonnet. The doll has a silk leading rein sewn into the back of her dress.