Composition-headed doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1830
Materials
papier-mâché headed doll
Measurements
280 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664806
Summary
A papier-mâché-headed doll with moulded hair and painted (repainted) features. She has a cloth body (stuffed), wooden limbs and is wearing her original white dress with a blue sash. There is blue herringbone stitching on the skirt. Ankle length pantaloons are drawn together at the ankle with herringbone stitching. She also wears painted red shoes.