Antique Rare DOOR OF HOPE Mission DOLLS COUPLE Carved Wood Head Early Period

Door of Hope Mission Doll. Seldom seen together, Antique Vintage early period COLLECTIBLE DOOR OF HOPE MISSION WOMAN DOLL, CIRCA 1901. Door of Hope was created in Shanghai, China in 1901 to help destitute children. These dolls were made TO help fund the mission. Young girls of the mission intricately handmade each doll’s clothing replicating what the Chinese people worn. The heads/neck area of the early period dolls were carved of Chinese fruitwood (generally Pearwood), while their arms, hands and feet were made of cloth. In later years the dolls hands and arms to the elbow, and sometimes feet and legs were also made of wood. The wood is very smooth, unvarnished with great detail. ThE eyes hair and lips would then be lightly handpainted almost like stained/brushed/rubbed with color. The bodies were made of cloth stuffed with raw cotton and bound feet. There were no markings on these dolls. These dolls is from the 1. Early edition early period. Her HEAD/neck area is carved OF fruitWOOD (generally pearwood). Her hair is in a carved bun style with gold accents and handpainted/stained face. The body is the early period cloth body with cloth hands circa 1901. She wears a long black skirt over long blue pants, with long sleeve mandarin collar tunic top. She wears a black band on her head. She has tiny feet with bound silk and embroidered slippers/shoes pointed up. He wears a long brown skirt over blue pants with a traditional suit with mandarin collar and knotted closures. He wears a 6 paneled had with a knot. His hair is braided and tied, this is unique to the very early dolls. His feet are silk with black slippers/shoes pointing up. There is a some fading of the clothing due to age. Also, slight discoloration on the lining of the clothing from age as is typical with silk-(see photos) ONe closure on the right side of mans tunic has thread worn away. Woman’s hat has thread worn away also. I believe that this is due to age of the silk. These dolls were in a collection owned by my aunt. Most of the collection was donated to a museum in New York City while she kept a few of her favorites at home. These dolls have been very well cared for and are in great condition for their age AND BEAUTIFULLY HANDCRAFTED DOLLs. DOLLs have NOT BEEN CLEANED AND IS in their original condition. The item “Antique Rare DOOR OF HOPE Mission DOLLS COUPLE Carved Wood Head Early Period” is in sale since Saturday, December 1, 2018. This item is in the category “Dolls & Bears\Dolls\Antique (Pre-1930)\Other Antique Dolls”. The seller is “daisyhillsales-2″ and is located in Beachwood, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.

Country/Region of Manufacture: China
Material: Cloth
Original/Reproduction: Original
Doll Size: 10 1/2 in
Features: Antique
Hair Color: Black
Brand/Artist: Door of Hope
Doll Gender: Girl Doll