Toys and Games
1850-1860
Cotton; Glass; Leather (kid); Papier-mache; Paint
2002.0017.040
Object Number2002.0017.040 |
Doll
Toys and Games
Gift of Henry and Mia Albertson's Family
1850-1860
Cotton; Glass; Leather (kid); Papier-mache; Paint
9.055 (H) , 7.874 (W)
23 (H) , 20 (W)
A doll with a cream colored face on papier mache head with black hair. Open mouth, hands made from kid, glass eyes and pointed shoeless cotton feet. Dressed in a printed pink striped cotton dress (2002.0017.042) and cotton pantalettes (2002.0017.041) Owned by family in Buck's County, PA or New Castle Co., DE. See also, Eisenbarth, Erin, "Plain and Peculiar: A Case Study in Nineteenth-Century Quaker Clothing," UD/Winterthur Thesis, 2002.
[Thesis] Eisenbarth, Erin. 2002 Plain and peculiar: a case study of nineteenth-century Quaker clothing. 134 M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
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