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Object Name
Doll
Date Made
1860 -1870
1860 -1870
Place Made
possibly France
Description
A doll of papier mache, with hair and features painted on. Wearing a crinoline- style dress of pink and white floral printed cotton, with a short matching shoulder cape in the same fabric, trimmed with cream cotton and featuring a bow of blue silk ribbon at centre front. The dress has a petticoat of pale pink cotton. The upper legs are covered in white kid leather, with white cotton on the lower legs giving the illusion of pantaloons.
Materials
paper : cotton : leather : silk
Catalogue Number
HOYFM.998.1989
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