Beautiful Black Folk Art Stockinette Doll with Astrakhan Hair iron ring which make one rather wish

which make one rather wish to spare them from an oncoming ball

reading crisply and boldly

that there be a positive and negative of the same silhouette

and those great red and white patterned stockings

All of the details on this are great

Beautiful Black Folk Art Stockinette Doll with Astrakhan Hair iron ring which make one rather wishA beautiful, very tender feeling doll I think, which I believe dates to sometime between about 1910 and 1930. Her head and body were made of of black knit stocking firmly stuffed, with separate rolled pieces for her arms and legs, which were hand stitched to the torso. Hand embroidered black eyes, red nose and slightly open red mouth, adding up to a face that makes her feel to me keenly observant if a bit wary. Her hair is astrakhan (lambs wool, still