Marvelous Antique Handmade Clown Doll with French Knot Embroidery Costume vintage portrait I seem to be a

I seem to be a magnet for old folky American river landscapes lately

dated May 1909

and would be wonderful on the bedside table

with braided hair on the top of her head and a great scalloped edge along to the top of her high-waisted pants

It's quite a sweet one though

Marvelous Antique Handmade Clown Doll with French Knot Embroidery Costume vintage portrait I seem to be aPretty amazing! I don't know much about the origins of this charmer, but would guess Victorian era European, and whoever made him put quite an extraordinary effort into decorating most every inch of his knit body with thousands of tiny French knots. There are a few small patches of loss, and a few small mends to seams, but overall his is in very good shape, with the marvelous clown suit decoration on his torso entirely in tact and the pom poms still