Doll, Decorative
Object number2015.82.6 a,b
Artist
Anna Marie Fiori
Date1982
MediumCeramic; Paint; Glaze; Fabric; Metal; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Anna Marie Fiori
DescriptionHandmade female doll representing regional Italian dress. Painted ceramic head, shoulders, forearms, and lower legs with remaining body made of cloth. Brown painted hair and blue eyes. Off-white woven/lace headdress. Off-white woven fabric long-sleeve shirt with lace collar and cuffs and red fabric forearms. Vest made of woven multi-colored fabric with white trim along front opening and criss-cross brown cord down front. Two earrings that are gold chain with one faux-pearl on each end; proper right earring is in place and proper left earring is detached. Four strings of green-brown beaded necklaces. Black floor-length skirt with gold brocade fabric around the bottom. Brown apron. White fabric underskirt (petticoat) and pantalets. Painted brown heeled boots.Dimensionsa and b together: 22 × 10 × 4.5 in. (55.9 × 25.4 × 11.4 cm)InscriptionsRectangular paper label pinned with metal straight pin on the interior side of the apron; the label has printed black text on the back side “LAZIO / Popolana di Ninturno” and handwritten text on the other “101 Brn apron”.
Translation:
“LAZIO / Popolana di Ninturno” = unknown
Historical NotesThe 16” dolls were made by Anna Marie in 1982 for the Pittsburgh Folk Festival; each doll’s costume represents a different region of Italy. Besides making the clothing, the donor also crafted the ceramic heads, hands, and feet at Louise Malone’s ceramic shop in Penn Hills. Collection includes handmade dolls, ceramic conga (quartara), copper conga, Sardinian flute and pan pipe, ram’s horn, conch shell horn, wrist and hand castanets, Jew’s harp, triccheballacche, concertina, various handmade noisemakers, tambourine, and recorder. I Campagnoli was an Italian American folk troupe from the Pittsburgh area comprised of approximately 40 core performers with a focus on Italian folk singing and dancing. Originally directed by Lorenzo “Larry” Malfatti and Eugene Richards (and later Jane Ferro) and sponsored by the Italian Sons and Daughters of Italy, the group formed in 1964 and performed throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Italy and at the opening of the Italian Village in Epcot Center and Busch Gardens.
Related institution
I Campagnoli
On View
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