Amazing Antique Hand-sewn Doll with Paper Litho Face pigment slides a city in Northeastern France

a city in Northeastern France

I thought I was going to die

though I do notice his penmanship goes somewhat downhill rather than getting better as he progresses through this stack of exercises

a sweet little thing

Amazing Antique Hand-sewn Doll with Paper Litho Face pigment slides a city in Northeastern FranceWhat a thing! About as surreal as they come, I'd say, and also really quite exquisitely crafted, with tremendous care and a dressmaker's level of skill invested in her making, including several layers of underthings and black knit legs clad in velvet booties under them. Her face is paper litho, securely sewn to a white knit head, with this great mop of blond hair and lace wrap at her neck framing it and hiding any seams. there a small loss to one