red dress with white lace at neck and hemline and hat
NEW SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS, DARLING EDITH, ARTISTIC SERIES 22, U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20 TH, 1894
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On page 80 they discuss this series but do not have DARLING MARGERY-ARTISTIC SERIES 20 or DARLING GLADYS (same doll and outfits as MURIEL but the boxes are marked as GLADYS. It consists of four different sets, DARLING MARGERY-ARTISTIC SERIES 20 (dresses are full length). DARLING HILDA-ARTISTIC SERIES 21 (dresses are ankle length), DARLING EDITH-ARTISTIC SERIES 22 (dresses are ankle length), and DARLING MURIEL-ARTISTIC SERIES 23 (dresses are knee length), . each set comes in a white folder with her name and an image of the doll in one of her costumes on the top cover., DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD Published in Britain with the PATENT NO. 23003, and in America with the U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20 TH, 1894 but Whitton only identifies the American ones.
red dress with white lace at neck and hemline and hat
22
D
red dress with lace at neck and shoulders attached with two white ribbon and button fasteners, small white circular decorative pattern to dress, dress is full length, hat is red with two white feather plumes, same as DARLING MARJORIE dress and hat 22 D
DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD
5 x 7 1/2 in. dress, 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. hat