Antique French Kid Leather Doll Body, Some Damage dried plant coarse horsehair bristles (with just

coarse horsehair bristles (with just a few lighter mixed in)

though this pig is still my favorite

5 7/8" long x 1" wide x 1/8" thick

I keep carrying them around as they are just a complete delight to hold in the hand

and a few stains to the velvet inside

Antique French Kid Leather Doll Body, Some Damage dried plant coarse horsehair bristles (with justWhen I first saw one of these antique French leather doll bodies to which a bisque head and arms would be attached I thought it was am extraordinarily constructed, incredibly evocative thing, and still do! This one has lived quite a life, and shows it with (fantastic looking I think) old patches at both hips, and an untended tear at the one jointed knee, via which its sawdust stuffing is visible, and shedding when one moves her. (There is also a tear