Crazy Old Handmade Oil Cloth Red Headed Doll with Amazing Embroidered Face elephants and forget me nots--which

and forget me nots--which

I really love the scalloped edges of the wrapped bark (a bit like the chip-carved edges of wood on a tramp art frame or box)

I believe this birdcage dates from the 1930s or so

Box measures 3" x 5 1/2"x 1 3/8"

4-color aquatint printing process

Crazy Old Handmade Oil Cloth Red Headed Doll with Amazing Embroidered Face elephants and forget me nots--whichOmg, this girl! I think she's got about as much personality as any doll I've seen, amplified many times over by the years she has endured! She's made of oil cloth, with this fantastic hand embroiled face (those eye lashes!) and sculptural rolls of yarn for hair, and I believe is stuffed with cotton batting. I especially love her hands, with individuated fingers, outlined in pink stitching, and there is more pink reinforcing seams here and there.