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China Doll

 Collection
Identifier: TN038.1

Scope and Contents

A female porcelain doll with stiff cloth body, blonde hair, and blue painted eyes. Doll is dressed (from inner-most to outer-most) in cream-colored pantaloons edged in rick-rack; a short cream chemise (waist-length); nude-colored cotton stockings; a cream window-pane patterned petticoat (with extended hem); dark brown painted cloth shoes with reddish-pink trim and tied laces; a full skirt and sleeved blouse separates of matching striped light- and dark- green silk or faux-silk fabric (the blouse trimmed with dark green cord braid and fastened with metal hook-and-eye); and a cream cordoroy coat decorated with light green curlicues and flaring sleeves.

Dates

  • 19th century

Extent

1 item(s) (porcelain; paint; hair [animal or synthetic]; fabric;;) : porcelain; paint; hair [animal or synthetic]; fabric;

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Archives

Inscriptions and tags

Orange round sticker, "32

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bequeathed by Dr. Lizzie D. R. Atkinson in 1933 as part of the Atkinson-Lancaster collection.

Related Materials

Atkinson-Lancaster

Appraisals

Skinner 1992

Photo

Y

Title type

Descriptive

Culture of Origin

French [Attr.]

Catalog Date

6/3/2016

Title
Catalog record for China Doll
Author
Initial metadata prepared by Mary Kathryn Menck. EAD record prepared in MarcEdit.
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Fine Art Collections Repository

Contact:
New England Historic Genealogical Society
99-101 Newbury Street
Boston MA 02116-3007 United States
617-536-5740