Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll: in pink and white striped dress
Object Number:
1945.337
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Ceramic, textile, leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 13 x 3 in. ( 48.3 x 33 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Doll with bisque shoulder head, blond wig, blue glass eyes, closed mouth, and pink tinted cheeks; stuffed cloth body with divided arm composed of stuffed cloth upper arm and stuffed kid lower arm with separate fingers, and hip and knee joints formed by stitching; pink striped dress with short ruffled sleeves and pleated bodice, muslin petticoat, and lace-trimmed chemise and knickers.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, clothes were made for this doll by the donor's Grandmother Brookes, who gave the doll to the donor when he was three years old.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
