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Antique Victorian Bisque Doll Black African American Cloth Body
Located in Dayton, OH
Unique antique 19th century African American (possibly mulatto?) doll with bisque head and hands
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Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Toys and Dolls

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Ceramic, Fabric

Antique Welsh Folk Art Pilgrim Man Cloth Doll Formal Wool Suit Wales
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Welsh costume cloth doll of a man in a brown formal tux style suit, reminiscent of 17th
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Toys and Dolls

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Fabric

Liberty of London King Henry the VIII Doll
By Liberty of London
Located in Redding, CT
beard. He is almost 11" tall with a very portly cloth body and black felt shoes. A wonderful authentic
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Early 20th Century English Toys and Dolls

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Metal

Antique German Bisque Black Ebony Girl Doll Cloth Body Leather Feet
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century doll with black bisque head and hands, glass eyes, sawdust filled cloth body
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Antique 19th Century Victorian Toys

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Ceramic, Leather, Fabric

Black Dolls: Unique African American Dolls, 1850–1930
Located in London, GB
Black Dolls by Margo Jefferson. Published by Radius Books/ Mingei International Museum, 2015
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Books

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Paper

Dos á Dos
By Niki de Saint Phalle
Located in Palm Desert, CA
polyurethane in a palette of black and bright vivid greens, yellows, and reds by American, female artist Niki
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Late 20th Century Post-War Sculptures

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Polyurethane

"Material Pleasures: Artemisia" Lia Cook, Contemporary mixed media textile
By Lia Cook
Located in Wilton, CT
the relationship between image and process. Cook weaves digital images of cherubic faces or dolls
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

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Fabric, Tapestry, Thread, Linen, Acrylic

Woven Form, Lia Cook, Abstract mixed media textile wall hanging
By Lia Cook
Located in Wilton, CT
between image and process. Cook weaves digital images of cherubic faces or dolls using a Jacquard loom
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures

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Fabric, Tapestry, Thread, Cotton

"American Heritage, " a Hand Colored Photograph signed by Diana Sowder
By Diana Sowder
Located in Milwaukee, WI
American dolls wrapped in cloth against a rocky black and white background. 10 1/4" x 13 1/4" art 16 1/4
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1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Avril
By Manuel Robbe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
single printing plate using ball-shaped wads of cloth, one for each colour. " Sometimes this manner of
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Avril
Avril
H 19.38 in W 13 in
Two Sisters
By Flemish School, 17th Century
Located in New York, NY
sitter. Brightly dressed, the doll’s bib and collar resemble that of the little sister, while the black
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Two Sisters
H 46.66 in W 37.21 in
A Beautiful Day
By Nellie Mae Rowe
Located in Missouri, MO
discovered her passion for art-making early on, producing drawings and cloth dolls as a child. However, the
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20th Century Folk Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Pastel, Paper, Graphite

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Pair of 17th c. Italian Figures on 19th c. Marble Pillars
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Rare Pair of 17th c. Italian Allegorical Figures carved in Limewood. The Large Italian Marble Pillars are 19th c. The height of the Pillar only is 57.5 inches and it...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Sculptures

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Marble

Collection of Three Vintage Wooden Toys
Located in Port Chester, NY
Charming collection of vintage wooden toys from England The big blue British Rail engine is from Nicol Toys, an early wooden toy company in Robertsbridge Sussex, England. Great for d...
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Vintage 1930s English Toys and Dolls

Materials

Paint, Wood

Antique Minton Staffordshire Porcelain Candelabra Centerpiece Cherub 19th Ct
By Minton
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a single English Minton Porcelain Two Branch Candelabra, modelled as a Cherub holding on each hand an out swept candle holder, seated on an oval base above an ela...
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Candelabras

Materials

Porcelain, Pottery

Charming French Papier Mache and Wood Large Antique Horse, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
With original leather bridle, saddle, head-dress and accompanying booklet. A wonderful thing, beautiful patina.
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Antique 19th Century French Toys and Dolls

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paper

Art Deco Era German Tin Litho Mechanical Coin Bank
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This lithographed tin coin bank was produced in Germany in circa 1935 in the period Art Deco style. The bank is shaped like a coin box with a man's face on the front. When the lever ...
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Victorian Hair Styling Doll and Leather Rollers
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is an early styling doll. When have you seen another dating to the 1800s. Its mounted to a cabinet with one draw. In the draw are a handful of worn original leather and horse ha...
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Wood

Niche In Gilt Wood From The 17th Century
Located in Brussels, Brussels
niche in gilded wood from the 17th century from Italy Lovely niche with a carved wood in its center from the Italian Renaissance Beautiful original gild wood Dimensions excluding ba...
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Antique 17th Century French Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Niche In Gilt Wood From The 17th Century
Niche In Gilt Wood From The 17th Century
H 24.41 in W 13 in D 5.12 in
Lot of Five Sheep Nativity Putz Toy Antique German Erzgebirge Christmas 1880s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique German set of five Putz stick-legged sheep. All of them are genuine antique German Christmas nativity scene figures. As they are all old, most show the expected signs of age ...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Composition

Antique 1910s Armand Marseille Bisque Head Wiefel W & Co Character Doll
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique early 20th century Wiefel & Company doll with bisque head by Armand Marseille, sleep eyes, composite hands, wood lengs, and soft body, marked “1908 DEP W & Co 121 AM” on bac...
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Vintage 1910s Late Victorian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Ceramic, Fabric, Hardwood

Antique Litho Tin Scissor Toy of Harold Lloyd by Distler Germany, 1920s
By Distler
Located in Antwerp, BE
1920s cute looking lithographic tin scissor toy by Distler Germany. This charming Antique Mechanical Toy shows Harold Lloyd, known as a silent movie comic star. When you close ...
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Toys and Dolls

Materials

Tin

Antique Gentleman's Money Clip, German, Leather, Pocket Coin Holder, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman’s money clip. A German, leather and silver plated pocket coin holder, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.   Fascinating and tactile pocket item, ...
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Early 20th Century German Edwardian Antiquities

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Silver Plate

Early 20th Century Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century jigger doll We are proud to offer an early 20th century hand carved jigger doll. Made for a light pine wood, with hand carved detail across its face and lovely Ch...
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Vintage 1930s British Folk Art Toys

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Pine

Early 20th Century Jigger Doll
Early 20th Century Jigger Doll
H 11 in W 3 in D 2 in
Antique Thonet Bentwood Puppenmobel Doll Chairs / Doll Furniture
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and great condition Thonet doll chairs. For the collectors of the rarest of Thonet pieces we are proud to offer this finest pair of early 20th century doll chairs. In the Thone...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Jugendstil Toys and Dolls

Materials

Bentwood

Antique Victorian Key Wind Mechanical Girl or Doll Riding a Lamb Toy, as Found
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique mechanical toy is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Europe, possibly England or Austria in approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. The toy f...
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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian High Victorian Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Antique Carved Architectural Wooden Figural Plaque, 17th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A carved architectural wooden panel mounted on a pedestal base dating from the 17th century. The hard wood panel is carved in deep relief from three pieces of wood. The three figures...
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Antique 17th Century European Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique French Child’s Hobby Horse
Located in Calgary, Alberta
French antique child's pull along hobby horse. Lots of authentic features on this toy, including original paint, horsehair tail, leather hand tooled saddle, metal stirrups and its pu...
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Early 20th Century French Toys and Dolls

Materials

Wood

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Handmade Black Doll
Located in Summerland, CA
Handmade cloth doll Unique cloth doll made of black oil cloth. Thread hair and hand-stitched
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Antique 19th Century American Toys

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Fabric

Handmade Black Doll
Handmade Black Doll
H 10 in W 5 in D 3 in
Still life with teapot, orange and goblets
By Denys George Wells
Located in London, GB
Literature: One of Wells’s characteristic arrangements of items on a cloth-covered table against
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1950s Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ceramic 1950s Hawaiian Hula Girls Nodder Set of 2
Located in Van Nuys, CA
symbol of the state of islands. Visitors loved to collect the Hula Girl Doll and bring her home as a
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Toys and Dolls

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Ceramic

Antique German Bisque Black Ebony Young Boy Character Doll Cloth Body
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century black doll shaped like a young boy with bisque head, hands and feet, glass
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Antique 19th Century Victorian Toys

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Ceramic, Fabric

Harlequin Dolls, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
Harlequin dolls, circa 1900 We are proud to offer a unique surviving pair of Victorian straw work
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Victorian Toys

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Silk

Harlequin Dolls, circa 1900
Harlequin Dolls, circa 1900
H 11 in W 3 in D 3.5 in
Late 19th Century Folk Art Dutch Women
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing handmade fabric doll has all her original period clothing and hand-carved wood clogs
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Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art More Folk Art

Materials

Fabric

Theatre De La Mode Haute Couture Postcards from French Exhibition
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
businesses. Clothing businesses that struggled to remain open had to deal with extreme shortages of cloth
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Vintage 1940s More Furniture and Collectibles

L'Album D'Image (The Picture Album)
By Manuel Robbe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
single printing plate using ball-shaped wads of cloth, one for each colour. " Sometimes this manner of
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Set of 2 Oversize 3.5’ Commedia dell’Arte Porcelain Pierrot Clown Dolls, 1984
Located in Tucson, AZ
, articulated oversized Pierrot clown dolls with stuffed hands, feet and body and painted porcelain heads. Black
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1980s Taiwanese Decorative Objects

Finest Quality Capodimonte Gypsy Caravan Italian Porcelain Scene by Cortese
By Germano Cortese
Located in Tustin, CA
campfire with a tea kettle. One daughter peels potatoes while the other daughter cradles a doll. Laundry is
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20th Century Italian Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Ceramic Figure of a Cockerel, Sandro Vacchetti, Lenci 'Italy'
By Lenci
Located in Brussels, BE
game is a noble resolution” is a company of cloth and ceramic dolls and ceramics founded in 1919 and
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Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Le Bibliothecaire
By Manuel Robbe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
prints by applying different ink colours to a single printing plate using ball-shaped wads of cloth, one
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Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Pair of Chinese Dolls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand sewn cloth dolls - boy and girl. Possibly by Ada Lum. In black and red classical style "pajama
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Toys and Dolls

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Cotton

Early 1900s Steiff German Pull Ride Along Bear
By Steiff
Located in Culverthorpe, Lincs
fur but retains hessian cloth with some holes over an excelsior straw stuffed body. A totally
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Early 20th Century German Toys and Dolls

Materials

Jute, Straw

Early 1900s Steiff German Pull Ride Along Bear
Early 1900s Steiff German Pull Ride Along Bear
H 11.03 in W 16.93 in D 7.49 in
Early 20th Century French Naïve Dachshund/Sausage Toy Dog, circa 1920
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The hessian or sack cloth type child’s toy as a sausage dog, being straw filled, the squat
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Toys and Dolls

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Straw

Cloth Topsy Turvy Reversible Black and White Doll
Located in New York, NY
The topsy turvy doll allows a child to play with a white or black doll by pulling the dress and
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Toys

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Fabric

Cloth Doll with Head Made from a Glove
Located in New York, NY
and red leather boots. The eyes are applied black shoe buttons. The doll came with a yellowed paper
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Antique 1880s American Folk Art Toys

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Fabric

Madeleine Vionnet Black Back Crepe Satin Gown
By Madeleine Vionnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1930's Black satin bias cut gown with long sleeves and point at the wrists. Black satin
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Early 20th Century French Evening Gowns

Madeleine Vionnet Black Back Crepe Satin Gown
Madeleine Vionnet Black Back Crepe Satin Gown
Size: please check measurements
American Southern Black Rag Doll, circa 1940
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare American southern hand made black cloth doll. Crochet afro style hair, embroidered facial
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Early 20th Century American Toys and Dolls

American Southern Black Rag Doll, circa 1940
American Southern Black Rag Doll, circa 1940
H 14.57 in W 11.82 in D 1.97 in
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Black Cloth Doll For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the black cloth doll you’re looking for. A black cloth doll — often made from fabric, ceramic and animal skin — can elevate any home. Your living room may not be complete without a black cloth doll — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A black cloth doll is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian, folk art and modern styles are sought with frequency. A well-made black cloth doll has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Lia Cook, Manuel Robbe and Nellie Mae Rowe are consistently popular.

How Much is a Black Cloth Doll?

Prices for a black cloth doll start at $235 and top out at $60,000 with the average selling for $1,300.