Doll

Object Name:

Doll

Object ID:

1959.068.067

Description:

Doll, girl. Some type of synthetic composition head, hands, part of arm, feet, and part of legs. Not ceramic. Glass eyes, white cornea, blue irises with black pupils. Brown eyelashes and eyebrows. Pink rouge on cheeks, pink lips, Caucasian color. Ear shapes, but no details. Head, neck, and upper thorax extend downward to mid arm height at front and back and up to top of arm on sides. Long, blonde hair with faded pink bow and ribbon on top of her head. Twisted around itself, long blonde hair on back. At neck level, tight curls, a bow in a pink ribbon tying hair together. Some type of hard material in bow darkening its color. Black and white bead necklace of two parallel black and white beads, connected periodically with black glass cylinder. Pattern of two white beads, cylinder. Necklace tied at back of neck with narrow, blue ribbon. Soft, textile-covered body. Slightly narrow waist. At hips, body sewn to create textile joint for articulation of legs. Legs extend downward to tops of leg and foot of synthetic material. Leg sections incorporated knee, cap, ankle, and tall boot. Heel to boot. Cracks in material at ankles, covered by orange paint, simulating boot. Protuberance and blue paint to simulate a knot at top, front of boot. Off-white paint over calf and up to knee. Vertical striations in calf to simulate stocking material. Narrow, red band around top of stocking. Pink, flesh-colored paint above stocking, on knee, extending irregularly of junction of cloth body and leg pieces. Wearing white pantaloons. Scalloped and embroidered edge around bottom of pantaloons. Fanciful, short repeat, floral decoration on bottom edge piece. Oval eyelet with some interior ribs, spaced out every other scallop. Some sort of floral leaf and stem pattern in between them. All sewn to bottom edge of pantaloon legs at hem edge. Legs extend upwards. Leg material gathered and sew to plain band. Small slit on back of pantaloons. Pantaloons held in place by straight pin at back at waist. Pantaloons ~3" above floor level. Petticoat next. Fairly wide at bottom edge. Material extends downwards to 1.4" wide hem at bottom. is Decorative band sewn over that. Two layers to band, 2.5" wide. Scalloped edge. Number of eyelets that parallel scalloped edge. Each scallop fanciful, asymmetrical blossom, open center with ribs, then array of long, narrow petals around it from midpoint downward. All decorations embroidered. A number of vertical, parallel ribs to base cloth. Embroidery work sewn onto that. 0.7" wide embroidered ribbon at top edge with fine scallops along its top and bottom edges and two rows of staggered, oval eyelets in center. All sewn to petticoat main fabric. Petticoat ~2" above floor level. Petticoat gathered and sewn to plain band at waist level. It overlaps at back and held by straight pin. Sheer slip over petticoat. Slip extends about same length as petticoat. Very fine mesh, hemmed at bottom edge with lace band. Slightly scalloped edge and repetitive pattern in its net-like body. Slip sewn to band around top of similar material, fastened by straight pin. Satin-like pink dress over slip. Dress extends to ~1.75" from floor level. Full dress with intentional pleats. Fabric slightly tan-colored on front due to light degradation of original color. Color subdued pink in protected areas. 0.9" wide hem at bottom of dress and intense in color where protected by other material. 1.3" wide strip of same cloth above that. Bottom edge of this, ~0.2" wide, consists of fringe edge of cloth warp removed so weft creates fringe. 0.4" wide decorative lace band sewn over junction between main piece and decorative band at top edge. One can see numerous types of stitches used to create decorative border and pleats on inside of dress, along with three vertical seams. Dress gathered at waist and fastened with pin. Portion of dress extends upwards towards neck level, also fastened by straight pin on back. Shorter, sheer dress over pink dress with bottom edge of 5" above floor. Printed, dark diamond formation of small dots to net-like material, ~ 0.5" apart. Small, fanciful floral pattern of leaves and stems printed on mesh. Scalloped lace band sewn around top and bottom edges of mesh dress. Gathered at waist, extends up underneath to neck level. Three-quarter length sleeves. Lace around sleeve cuffs, top edge of dress, and at arm junction. Lace around armhole of sleeve. Slit in back of dress with lace edge. 1.1" wide pink ribbon around waist, over mesh dress. Simple bow on back that incorporates some of lace edging in center of it. Straight pins on back to hold dress materials in place. Pin on front holding ribbon in place. Arms cloth joining to artificial arm section including hand, wrists, forearm, elbow, stopping above elbow, probably third of way to where end of arm would be. Hand and thumb part of casting and slightly delineated. Hand slightly cupped. Arms appropriate for their location in being both a left and right. Some cracks in material of boots and some paint missing on heel of boots.

Material:

Textile
Composition
Glass
Metal

Dimensions:

H-16 W-8 D-2.5 inches

Provenance:

All materials from the attic of the Burpee homestead in New London, NH, a neighbor of the donor. The Burpee family has been in this home since 1817.

Credit Line:

Gift of Susan Colgate Cleveland

People:

Cleveland, Susan Colgate (1891-1967), Burpee