Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll on stand: peasant from Italy in box
Object Number:
1940.345
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Textile, metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 7 x 3 in. ( 30.5 x 17.8 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
woven: in label sewn inside dress: "Amelia Alberani Vecchiotti/ Milano"
woven: in label sewn beneath shoes: "MADE in ITALY"
printed: on label tied to wrist: "Bambola/ art 33/2/ LOMBARDI/ BRIANZA"
Description:
Cloth doll with molded painted face and light brown wool hair; blue felt dress, lace scarf and apron, black felt shoes; holding felt rose.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
