Charming Small Antique Doll with Marvelous Embroidered Face and Hair measuring tool and signed off with a

and signed off with a proper "good bye" and then an H

were at some point added to the underside

which I purchased from a member of the artist’s family—and which took about a month to make its way to me packed in nothing more than a simple unpadded envelope

Quite a character

just a couple of small brown stains that show against the white gaze on the back side

Charming Small Antique Doll with Marvelous Embroidered Face and Hair measuring tool and signed off with aShe's a small one, but quite a special one I think, sewn together from what looks to be white silk, and then with this marvelous face that reminds me of stump work pictures, especially the long stitches of her hair. The way that the embroidery of her facial features has held onto the batting (stuffing) even while the silk fabric has worn away around them I find pretty incredible, and just beautiful. And then just this simple polka dotted homespun