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Light Pink Top For Paper Doll

Manufacturer / Maker unidentified

PublisherPublished by McLaughlin's XXXX Coffee Chicago, Illinois, 1852 - 1967

Dateca. 1895

Mediumpaper

Dimensions2 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (5.7 × 8.3 cm)

ClassificationsRecreational Objects

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Betty Weir

Object numberPC1978.101.5.D.2

DescriptionThis pink top is used for a paper doll. The blouse inlcudes the doll's arms and hands but no other part. The top of the bodice is white with black buttons from the chest up to the neck. The rest of the bodice and top is light pink with jagged orange dots patterned throughout. On each shoulder is a square panel with large ruffles along the edge made of the same light-pink material. The upper sleeves and upper forearms are large and puffy, in the leg-of-mutton style, tthey are slightly gathered at the elbow. The lower forearms is more form fitting, and there is a set of large ruffles along the waist as well as a cuff. The right arm is held at waist level and has a brown glove on the hand. The left arm hangs down and does not include the doll's hand. At the waist line there is a small tab that can be used to attach the top to a paper doll. Along the left side the words "MCLAUGHLIN'S XXXX COFFEE" are writtten in ink, and there is a number "8" printed at the lower right. There are two dotted lines from the top of the right shoulder to the waistline that mark where the paper can be folded. The unprinted side of the doll is brown and has information about how to attach the top to a paper doll.

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