Early One of a Kind Dated Folk Art Cloth Doll Sitting in Old Wooden Chair

This 16 inch tall cloth doll, jointed at the shoulders and hips, is created with hard stuffed ecru cotton fabric. She has crudely painted facial features and hair and wears antique clothing. The clothing includes a cotton black print dress and an ecru cotton bonnet. The fabric of both the clothing and doll shows evidence of age discoloration and wear with some holes in the dress. This historical doll is marked on the back in black ink, “Dec 16th 1897//Daisy xxx.” She is seated in an early painted wooden chair (9 ½ inches tall) that adds a charming air. Despite her age, she is in good sturdy clean condition and has obviously been protected and loved. She appears to have been reattached with lighter thread at her joints at some time in the past. We are only custodians of these precious authenticated antique dolls while we live and then must lovingly pass them on to the next generation for future preservation.