Doll

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Doll

Entry/Object ID

1966.31.39

Description

Cloth doll with a soft body and cloth-covered hard head. The head is made from a molded material covered closely with a loosely woven cotton. The facial features (brown eyes, rosy cheeks, red lips, red nostrils, brown eyebrows) are painted on the fabric. The doll has short, curly brown hair with a red ribbon tied around the crown. The arms and legs are made separately from the body and each rotates and holds in place. The hands and stitched and shaped to have fingers.

Context

Likely used by a member of the Bailey, Fifield, or Hubbard families of Montpelier, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1966.31

Source or Donor

Harriman, Marian Fifield Bailey (1892-1971)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1925

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Doll

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

19 in

Material

Cotton

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America