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CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA "RUPPERT" PAINT-DECORATED
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA "RUPPERT" PAINT-DECORATED
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CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA "RUPPERT" PAINT-DECORATED CLOTH BOY DOLL, handmade with four-piece constructed oval-form head with paint decorated facial features, brown decorated hair, sewn in cloth ears, linen/muslin material with sewn fingers. Fitted in vintage attire, brown tweed suit, black socks and leather boots. Made by a member of the Aldridge family. Circa 1870-1880. 21" HOA.
Published: Lakin - Folk Art For Children: Handmade in America 1760-1940, p. 104, fig. F2.76.
Provenance: The Eleanor V. Lakin Collection, Boonsboro, MD.
Purchased at the estate auction of Ms. Anne Aldridge, Charlestown WV, 3/15/1969.
Condition
Good overall condition, expected wear and usage imperfections, facial decoration with some losses, some areas of restitching. Clothing in very good overall condition, jacket with a small hole, socks and shoes with deterioration.
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CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA "RUPPERT" PAINT-DECORATED

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