2002.0017.040 Doll, View 1
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Doll

  • Category:

    Toys and Games

  • Place of Origin:

  • Date:

    1850-1860

  • Materials:

    Cotton; Glass; Leather (kid); Papier-mache; Paint

  • Museum Object Number:

    2002.0017.040


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2002.0017.040

Object Name

Doll

Category

Toys and Games

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry and Mia Albertson's Family

Date

1850-1860

Materials

Cotton; Glass; Leather (kid); Papier-mache; Paint

Dimensions (inches)

9.055 (H) , 7.874 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23 (H) , 20 (W)

Object Description

Web - 05/25/2016

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.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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
pg 115-18