Old Carved Folk Art Doll with Great Face, Pink Dress, and One Leg light green of desire among other things

of desire among other things

7 1/8" x 6 3/8" t

This one was produced by the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop

some surface aging along the left and bottom edge and general surface wear

held on with nails at the shoulders

Old Carved Folk Art Doll with Great Face, Pink Dress, and One Leg light green of desire among other thingsHopefulness incarnate if I ever did see it! And this gently smiling, bright eyed face reading as a pure expression of the want to be loved. I did immediately, perhaps all the more so for her having lost one leg along the way. Resilient, she still sits up on her own. And her arms have a full range of motion and hold in place when raised over her head. Pulling up her skirt reveals a petticoat under her pink, flower printed dress, and one painted white