Wonderful Old Handmade Folk Art Doll with Patchwork Dress old butterfly potholder With tapered black painted legs

With tapered black painted legs (matching a set of shaker-style chairs listed separately)

but I like just the pencils

based on the color of the beads and looking at other examples (of which there are not very many) is that it dates sometime 1920s-40s

but both the style and scale of this table and chairs makes me think they were made for a shelf in an architects office

which together with all of her jewelry and flourishes makes her feel pretty fancy

Wonderful Old Handmade Folk Art Doll with Patchwork Dress old butterfly potholder With tapered black painted legsOne of my favorite dolls I've found between her soulful embroidered face, hand stitched patchwork dress, fabric wrapped legs (those legs made of cornhusk I believe) and floppy bow stitched to one side of her head plus a pink one at her neck, what a lot of love and soul was invested in her, and how singularly beautiful I think she is. Cornhusk dolls have a very long tradition in Native American cultures of the Northeast; I don't believe that's what she