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Doll--"Belle Hervey" Rendered by Edith Towner (artist), c. 1937 watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper overall: 35.6 x 27.2 cm (14 x 10 11/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" high Index of American Design 1943.8.15468 Not on View |
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This beautiful wax doll of about 1871 is named "Belle Hervey." She has real hair embedded in her wax head. This was an expensive process, characteristic only of luxury dolls. Belle's arms and legs are also wax, while her torso is made of cloth. Her eyes are glass. The overdress with postillion is of black taffeta trimmed with pale pink silk ribbon and black lace; there are pink buttons on the basque, or bodice, and the shoes are bright red and buttoned. Her underclothes are trimmed with bands of tucked muslin and lace; there is a pink edge on the dainty lace hose.
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