Two nice Izannah Walker dolls in worn but original condition are the favorites of my doll collection. I will add another if I have the means and the opportunity. Meanwhile a very rough little waif showed up on Ebay and then came to me. I set about to try to bring the much patched and poorly overpainted doll to a better state, here is her story. A huge box arrived! The packing would have befitted a princess! Layers and layers under was the doll, in what I believe to be her original dress and three pieces of unders. The perfectly fitted red dress is entirely hand sewn, the unders some and some. Beyond mending, the dress is melting as is the petticoat, both will be kept in a protected plastic sleeve. Pictures tell the story. I am lucky enough to have an old dress that fits Evangeline, also completely hand sewn. I am happy to have a third old Izannah Walker doll, patches and paint not withstanding. She danced away her original feet long ago. Even the replacements have given way, showing she had a long life as a play doll. Her dark little hands show a life of much work. What stories she could tell!
New lower legs to make and paint.
