artigianle - Doll - 1920-1930

Two boudoir doll heads made between the 1920s and 1930s. Boudoir dolls were not children's toys, but true pieces of furniture for fashionable women, who often placed these objects in the bedroom or, indeed, in the boudoir, the lady’s private sitting room. The bodies of these dolls were usually made of fabric to allow for a wide variety of poses.
The larger head is made in a full-round composition (pressed cardboard or gesso/paper-mache) with a mohair wig and a hand-painted face with typical features of the era (flapper/Art Déco style). The painted gesso or pressed cardboard head shows natural signs of aging, and some detachments at the base of the neck, while the face has hand-painted details with red heart-shaped lips, expressive eyes, and wavy light brown-blonde mohair hair.
The smaller head, in typical Art Déco style, has a face with the characteristic hand-painted features, very flushed cheeks, red heart-shaped lips, and dark mohair hair, resting on a base of gauze or fabric. The condition shows signs of age on the supporting fabric, while the face retains its expressive flapper-era look from the 1920s.
This type of doll (boudoir doll) was very popular in the interwar period, today a collectible item.