Rag doll
Category
Dolls
Date
Unknown
Materials
Fabric doll
Measurements
400 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668645
Summary
A stuffed, printed, cotton, rag doll with a label attached to her back reading 'Little Lizzie'. Her head, arms and clothes are all printed on the surface of the fabric. The doll is made from two pieces of fabric with a seam running around the sides. She has a stuffed cotton head with black printed facial details and long hair. She has a printed cotton hat, which is decorated with printed green and red flowers and an orange bow underneath her chin. The shape of her head follows the outline of the hat. She wears a floral printed dress, which is decorated on the front and back with columns of orange flowers. The hem is decorated with printed rows of white lace and orange frills. Her arms are concealed inside a printed white lace muff. She has a cream coloured, printed, cotton label pinned (with two steel pins) to her back which has black text reading 'Pollock's Rag Toys, Little Lizzie, 44 Monmouth Street, London, W.1. 2.'.