Title

Female Folk Dress: Doll

Creation Date

20th century

Count

1

Description

A female doll made of cloth, wire, wood and thread.  Depicts traditional provincial Swedish folk dress, or folkdräkt.  The outfit includes a black skirt with vertical stripes in red/blue and yellow/green, a ½-apron with colorful vertical stripes, a white blouse with a drawn thread detail at the cuffs, a black shawl with a green and white stripe, a black cap with lace, white stockings and bloomers and black wood shoes.  The doll has a pair of yellow (blonde) thread braids and painted facial features.  Original Gammelgarden artifact number D-0242-11.  Attributed to Charlotte Weibull.