Favorite Ever 19th Century Handmade Paper Doll with Three Dresses and Two Hats schoolgirl drawing very old chip to the

very old chip to the top edge of the threaded neck

3/8" at widest

tiny but teeming with life

nautical materials for a massive sum

and certainly admire the resourcefulness and creativity of its maker in piecing these bits together in such a smart and striking way

Favorite Ever 19th Century Handmade Paper Doll with Three Dresses and Two Hats schoolgirl drawing very old chip to theI do believe this is my favorite paper doll I have ever found, and I've found a lot of them. I very much appreciate ones of the more elaborate and skillfully rendered sort, with lots and lots of fancy outfits, but it is a doll like this, with very naive (and very very expressive!) graphite drawn face, that for me is the best of all. And then these hats! And the excellent cut paper patterns applied to the blocky dresses to my eye pure and simple