OBJECTS Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1926.001.001 |
Object Name |
Doll |
Source |
Lee Woods |
Year Range from |
1845 |
Year Range to |
1850 |
Place of Origin |
France |
Place |
France |
Description |
Doll. Shoulder head, cork pate, blond fur wig, fixed glass paperweight eyes, closed mouth, bisque hands, kid leather body with stitched & gusseted joints. Pierced ears with turquoise glass earrings. All original clothing: cream silk satin coatdress with pale blue front, lace trim & deep lace flounce, pale blue knit stockings, black 1-strap leather shoes, straw hat with pale blue-green brim lining & band, brim turned back at forehead. Cotton chemise & drawers. Chemise trimmed in rose. Marked "Bru Jne Paris 1" |
Provenance |
Card reads: "Arabella/Doll of Anna Maria Soper, the late Mrs Lee Woods who was born in 1844, Died 1926" 10-17-2018 Found a card which has information on both sides; took pictures and added them to this item. Here is what is on the back and on the front. On back: "On May 24, 1889 Arabella was exhibited first at New Harmony, Indiana, at a doll show given by St. Stephen's Episcopal Church where she took first prize -- a flower vase. Her second appearance was in the Curio Department at the "Old Edward's Home Coming", Albion, Illinois, August 21, 22, 23, 1907. Eighteen years three months between her first and second appearance." On front: "Howdy! Awful glad to see you! Why, don't you know Arabella? Where have you been the past 60 years? You don't mean to say I look old? Well, "age before beauty." I acknowledge my beauty is almost gone, and as a family relic I have descended. My exact age is not known: but even if I remembered the modesty peculiar to my sex might forbid me disclosing the fact. I am a native of New Orleans, and once had blonde curls and a classic nose, but moths and mice have done their work. Awful glad I met you. Good by!" |
Notes |
two cards found with 0000.074.001 and 0000.495.001 and 0000.496.001: ""ARABELLA"/Age: 1845-50/Presented by Mrs. Annie Soper Woods/in 1926." "HOWDY!/Awful glad to see you! Why, don't you know Arabella? Where have you been the past 60 years? You don't mean to say I look old? Well, age before beauty. I acknowledge my beauty is almost gone and as a family relic I have descended. My exact age is not known, but even if I remembered the modesty peculiar to my sex might forbid me dislosing the fact. I am a native of New Orleans and once had blonde curls and a classic nose, but moths and mice have done their work. Awful glad I met you - - Good by!//Arabella was first exhibited in New Harmony at a doll show given by St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on May 24, 1889. She took first prize - a flower vase! Her second appearance was in the Civics [sic] Department at the "Old Edwards Home Coming" in Albion, Illinois on August 21, 22, 23, 1907." |
Dimensions |
H-12 inches |
Made |
Bru Jne & Cie |
Material |
Bisque/Glass/Leather/Cloth/Cork/Fur |
People |
Woods, Annie Soper Woods, Lee |