Handmade Soft-Sculpture Sleeping Baby Doll

1980s handmade soft-sculpture baby, needle-sculpted sleeping face

A beautifully made handmade soft-sculpture baby, the kind a serious crafter turned out one at a time in the early '80s. Her whole face is needle-sculpted — closed sleeping eyes with hand-embroidered lashes, a soft little nose, a small red smile — and the sculpting carries all the way down to individual fingers, toes, dimpled knees and a belly button. Pale yellow loop-curl yarn hair frames the whole thing.

She still has her complete original outfit: a cream sprig-print pinafore, matching ruffled bloomers with lace trim, and two matching tie-on booties. Unsigned, no maker's mark anywhere — one of a kind.

Honest condition: this is a fair-condition doll and priced that way. There's a worn spot with a small hole on the bottom of one foot (photographed close up), light age soiling and a few small marks on the body, and the fabric has mellowed to a warm cream. Body is firm, all seams sound, hair fully attached, and no repairs have been made. Sold as found.

From a Washington Parish, Louisiana estate.

• Small worn hole on the sole of one foot
• Light overall age soiling; a few small marks on limbs and face fabric
• Fabric has warmed/yellowed with age
• Unmarked — no maker attribution available

• Every flaw listed above — before you pay
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