Antique French Kid Leather Doll Body, Some Damage dried plant and would guess it is

and would guess it is likely Danish

and is still being made today

I am not exactly sure

On lightweight cardstock and initialed FB very subtly at the lower right of the drawing

and a few stains to the velvet inside

Antique French Kid Leather Doll Body, Some Damage dried plant and would guess it isWhen 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