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Doll

1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Peg-jointed doll made of pine wood. The torso is bound with ecru cotton cloth, and the head, neck, shoulders and outer limbs are coated with gesso, cream-coloured paint and varnish. The facial features are carved and painted to give black eyes, rosy cheeks and red lips; the smooth black painted hair has tendrils in grisaille around the forehead and ears. The arms are jointed at the elbow and shoulders and have mitten-shaped hands; the legs are jointed at the knee and the feet are painted with red slippers. The doll wears false pantalettes of white lawn: a tube of fabric tied to each leg, and finishing in two frills above the ankle. Her other clothes consist of a waist petticoat of white cotton with two horizontal tucks above the hem; a high-waisted front fastening dress of dove grey silk with a gauged bodice embroidered with pink stitching at the neck and cuffs, and with three horizontal tucks above the hem; a white lawn fichu; a pink ribbon sash; a dove grey silk poke bonnet trimmed with pink ribbon; and a short necklace of turquoise-coloured beads.

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Doll
  • Dutch Doll
  • Peg Wooden
  • Dress
Materials and techniques
Pine wood coated with gesso, paint and varnish.
Brief description
Wooden doll, representing a caucasian female dressed in dove grey silk gown and bonnet; Germany, 1825
Physical description
Peg-jointed doll made of pine wood. The torso is bound with ecru cotton cloth, and the head, neck, shoulders and outer limbs are coated with gesso, cream-coloured paint and varnish. The facial features are carved and painted to give black eyes, rosy cheeks and red lips; the smooth black painted hair has tendrils in grisaille around the forehead and ears. The arms are jointed at the elbow and shoulders and have mitten-shaped hands; the legs are jointed at the knee and the feet are painted with red slippers. The doll wears false pantalettes of white lawn: a tube of fabric tied to each leg, and finishing in two frills above the ankle. Her other clothes consist of a waist petticoat of white cotton with two horizontal tucks above the hem; a high-waisted front fastening dress of dove grey silk with a gauged bodice embroidered with pink stitching at the neck and cuffs, and with three horizontal tucks above the hem; a white lawn fichu; a pink ribbon sash; a dove grey silk poke bonnet trimmed with pink ribbon; and a short necklace of turquoise-coloured beads.
Dimensions
  • (without bonnet) height: 17cm
Collection
Accession number
T.171:1, 2-1928

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2006
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