Wonderful Old Stocking Doll with Button Eyes, Darned Nose, and Bandage-Like Cap hand painted sign it was shown to be

it was shown to be made of wood only found in America

with a few flaws in the stone

Denslow throughout

His early commercial prints often bear the blindstamp of the editor

Wonderful Old Stocking Doll with Button Eyes, Darned Nose, and Bandage-Like Cap hand painted sign it was shown to beTotal love at first sight with this doll, which has only grown deeper since. What a face, animated with so many good details, including a darned patch at the nose and this scrap of woven red textile for the mouth, stitched on as if in a rush with a few wild blue stitches. Much more carefully done is a linen head covering that makes me think of a bandage, with beautiful hand stitched seams around the edges and down the back. To my eye so full of life