Title

Västmanland Folk Dress Doll: Doll

Creation Date

20th century

Count

1

Description

Doll, Wire, cloth, & wood.  Female standing on wood block base.  Depicts the traditional provincial folk dress, or folkdräkt, of Västmanland, Sweden.  The doll, with a yellow thread (blonde) bun, wears a green cap with white lace detail, white blouse, antique white vest with green stitched ‘leaf’ detail, black skirt with green trim hem, white apron, black wood shoes. She holds a white handkerchief and a prayer-book with her right hand, and has a black pocket purse, edged in green, with a yellow stitched flower and red stitched hearts. Tag attached to apron reads: “Charlotte Weibull, Malmo, Sweden”.  Original Gammelgården artifact # D-0223-11.