Wonderful Old Stocking Doll with Button Eyes, Darned Nose, and Bandage-Like Cap hand painted sign with a few flaws in

with a few flaws in the stone

I believe this pair was designed by Jens Quistgaard and produced in Japan for Dansk

) I have a deep visceral love for old wooden boxes of white chalk

Denslow throughout

these boxes feature in museum collections around the world

Wonderful Old Stocking Doll with Button Eyes, Darned Nose, and Bandage-Like Cap hand painted sign with a few flaws inTotal love at first sight with this doll, which has only grown deeper since. What a face, animated with so many good details, including a darned patch at the nose and this scrap of woven red textile for the mouth, stitched on as if in a rush with a few wild blue stitches. Much more carefully done is a linen head covering that makes me think of a bandage, with beautiful hand stitched seams around the edges and down the back. To my eye so full of life