Papier mache shoulder-head doll
Category
Dolls
Date
circa 1830
Materials
Papier-mâché shoulder-head doll
Measurements
390 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664812
Summary
A papier-mâché headed doll with a papier-mâché chest, and a stuffed cloth body with kid arms and wooden lower legs and blue boots. Her left foot is partially broken and her kid leather left hand has deteriorated. She has moulded and painted hair and facial features, which are chipped and worn. She is wearing a red cotton skirt, with a floral and zigzag pattern, and a wool cream and purple check bodice with lace-edging and a lace band around the neck. The bodice has moth holes. There is a cream and purple silk band tied in a large bow at back of waist. Underneath the dress is a brown lace outer petticoat with a silk braid trim, a white cotton under petticoat and white cotton drawers.