Description:
Doll with a glazed china head, hand-made original cloth body, and dressed in a blue bonnet, neck ruffle locket, red and white jacket, and pink and white skirt. This is one of five dolls collected by the donors' mother, Mrs. George B. Chandler of Columbus, Ohio. According to the donors: Our mother dressed practically all her dolls unless, of course, they had their original clothes, which is rare and makes the doll more valuable. She was as you see a superb needlewoman and she used only old materials and made authentic copies from Godey's Ladies Book of Fashion prints or paintings of the correct period. She also named all her dolls for someone connected with their history if she could fined it... All the dates are approximate, the best doll experts are seldon sure... The children of the early settlers had only dolls whittled by fathers or cleverly modelled and sewn by mothers. When fine heads began to come inot this country, the bodies were generally made in the home, kid being a favorite material as it was soft, held the bran stuffing well, and there were always plenty of mother's old white kid gloves."
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