Name: OOAK Painted Cloth Doll by Lorna Paris
Made by and When: Lorna Paris, 2004
Material: Cloth, yarn, paint, fabric, leather, metal
Marks: Handwritten on the back: Doll / Art / by L. Paris / 2004
Height: 9 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Brown yarn hair is adorned with a blue hair clip, beautiful hand-painted facial features with a closed painted mouth, and attached cloth pierced ears.
Clothes/Accessories: Wears a blue, green, and pink floral-print dress with lace trim at the sleeves and the hemline, a pink lace half-slip, white panties, a hand-crocheted blue sweater trimmed in pink, and black leather slip-on shoes with a leather silver bow on the front side of each. Accessories include a handmade silver bracelet on the left wrist and silver stud earrings.
Other: Well known for her leather doll art, this one-of-a-kind doll is an example of the artist’s cloth doll art. See other Lorna Paris installations here.
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