Description: Vintage stockinette Sculpted Ethnic French Peasant Woman Kindling Wood Gatherer DollLikely by Bernard Ravca10 1/2 inches tallOriginal store hang tag from Aux Trois Quartiers, a luxury department store in Paris FranceFrench francs priceSculpted face with hand painted featuresStockinette loss/wear on nose and foreheadBlack print fabric skirt and head scarf, with beige linen shirtBrown checkered fabric apron White wool hairIconic Ravca clog shoesCarries real wooden sticks in bundle on her back wrapped with string, loose bundle No fadingComes with doll standc1930s to 40s if France made c1940s to 1980s if USA made Bernard Ravca was a character doll maker, Polish by birth, living in France and making dolls in the 1930s, he came to the NY World's Fair in 1939 to display life sized dolls he made in the France pavilion. He stayed due to the outbreak of WW2 and became a US citizen in 1947. He married Frances in NY and they continued to make their needle sculpted peasant dolls in America. He died in 1998. The Aux Trois Quartiers luxury department store in Paris since the 19th Century, known colloquially as Les 3Q, closed in 1989.
Price: 45 USD
Location: OAKVILLE
End Time: 2025-02-07T21:20:14.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Bernard Ravca
Antique: No
Doll Hair Color: White
Number of Pieces: 1
Occasion: All Occasions
Item Length: 10.5 in
Vintage: Yes
Doll Size: 10.5 in
Doll Gender: Girl Doll
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Features: Collector Edition
Doll Complexion: Light
Handmade: Yes
Character: Kindling Wood Gatherer
Set Includes: Doll
Material: Cloth
Brand: Bernard Ravca
Type: Artist Doll
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Doll Eye Color: Blue
Packaging: Without Packaging
Theme: Cultures & Ethnicities
Time Period Manufactured: 1940-1949
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Product Line: French Peasant
