This 25" Cloth Artist's Boudoir Girl Doll is beautifully made of muslin with hand-painted facial features  - large dark brown eyes, Cupid's bow mouth, pencil thin eyebrows and of course a beauty mark left cheek area.  She has  a luxurious mohair wig, worn in the marcelled style of the 1920-30's that  exudes vintage charm. The body is firmly stuffed, arms are long and have mitten hands with fingers well defined; the legs are long and her black stockings have holes in the toes, she has no shoes.  She has cotton camisole, pantalettes and her dress has attached underskirt which serves as a petticoat.  The dress is cotton with rosebud print.  It's is styled with set-in sleeves, bodice with rolled neckline and full skirt with fitted waist and three rows of ruffles at the bottom.  She wears black net fingerless mitt on left hand, the right hand is bare.  The shawl over her shoulders is antique and her "jewelry" is black velvet ribbon at the neck - both "sockets" for holding jewels are empty but I've pinned a small bag to her waist that holds "faux stones" that could be glued in place, or perhaps replaced with the ribbon appliqué.  I don't know when this doll was created but she is made from antique fabrics and style.  Cloth dolls have always been my favorite because no two are ever exactly alike - this one is surely one of a kind.

Boudoir dolls were created 1920-40's, usually made in France, Italy or the United States.   They were long-limbed dolls with molded heads (first composition, then plastic), and decorative costumes; the dolls were used for decorative purposes - as bed dolls or to enhance a chair in the bedroom.