elt swivel head with pressed and painted facial features, blue side-glancing eyes,blue and brown eye shadow,painted lashes and brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth,blushed cheeks, mohair wig,muslin body. Condition: generally excellent. Raynal,France,circa 1935. 17" (43 cm.) tall?
The doll wearing vintage woolen dress and original black felt shoes.

M. Edouard Raynal founded the Raynal company which specialized in the production of cloth dolls in 1922 in Paris. In 1930 he received a patent for cloth doll heads which allowed washing without deterioration. For many years s he produced stuffed cloth dolls with cloth or felt heads. These dolls closely resembled the Lenci Italian dolls, the internationally known doll maker of cloth dolls. In the 1935, the company moved to Montreuil and began to produce a new type of baby doll with a plastic composition head and composition limbs fixed on a cloth body. In 1936 the company introduced a stuffed cloth baby with celluloid head and side glacing eyes as well as a painted face baby inspired by the felt models. After 1937 rhodoïd replaced celluloid and during this period, the bodies were made of this unbreakable and flame retardent material... The Raynal dolls were considered as luxury dolls and usually higher priced than those sold by the other doll makers. They were strong, well made, tastefully decorated and stylishly dressed. They have usually survived quite well and still remain fresh. The dolls have charmed several generations of little girls and in the 1940-1950’s, any girl wished to own one. The fame of the company was such that Raynal was chosen during the post war period until the 1960’s, to be the official provider for the Christmas party organized for the children of staff of the Elysée Palace, the residence of the President of France.

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