(American/Rhode Island, 1817-1888). Folk art cloth painted face dolls. The larger doll is 19” long and is wearing a blue and green tartan dress with a matching jacket, corset cover, two petticoats, drawers, silk stockings, and one shoe (the other is missing). The smaller doll is 16” long, and wears a brown and brick red calico dress; her “shoes” are painted onto the leather legs. Provenance: Property deaccessioned from the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Proceeds to benefit the collection. Dolls faces show damage and wear with some paint loss and loss to contours of the noses.
