Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress modernist candleholders The drawers pull out pretty

The drawers pull out pretty easily and close flush

I first saw a set of these a year of so ago at New Hampshire Antiques Week and have had an eye out ever since

and I could not ignore the call

which expanded to include 314 colors

Chairs measure 8 3/4" t x 4 1/2" w x 4 5/8" d

Regal Black Folk Art Bottle Doll in Gold Dress modernist candleholders The drawers pull out prettyI purchased this doll from a Connecticut based dealer, who recently found her, and several carved figures I'm listing, together at one estate. To me she feels very regal in her gold beads and marigold yellow dress, with this wonderful hand painted face on what seems to be black silk (perhaps a tightly stretched and stuffed black silk stocking), and gathering stitches to give shape to her nose. Her hair appears to be astrakhan (lambs wool, still