In Character Ginny Doll A good student will win

A good student will win gold stars when she wears this brown polished cotton/silk costume

the two-piece ensemble comprises a sleeveless dress with narrow pleated skirt

belt and skirt

The collar

The dolls range from plain and simple folk art dolls to sophisticated and elegant French bebes and ladies -- a veritable visual study of play in emergent America

In Character Ginny Doll A good student will winBy Florence Theriault. Collectors seek dolls with expression or character; dolls that for the sensitive collector have an intangible connection with the past a sense of specific communion with faces and people. How did the antique doll maker achieve such expression? This book explores that question in a richly pictorial manner, from the idealized beauty of the French bebe, to the whimsy of the German character, to American "celebrity" dolls. It