Doll, Decorative
Object number2021.135.2
Date1952
OriginGenoa, Italy
MediumFabric; Paint; Synthetic hair; Wood; Plastic; Metal
Credit LineGIft of Janet Medvedo
DescriptionElderly female peasant doll. Fabric body with unknown filling material. Painted realistic face. Wears pink hair scarf, metal hoop earrings, off-white long-sleeve shirt with floral pattern and two white plastic buttons, brown vest with pink crisscross yarn ties down front, pink apron with geometric pattern around bottom, red skirt, off-white underskirt, off-white bloomers, brown stockings, and brown wooden clogs. Scarf has metal straight pin through front.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 17 × 9.75 × 5 in. (43.2 × 24.8 × 12.7 cm)Historical NotesThis Italian folk doll belonged to donor Janet Medvedo's Italian-born grandmother, Emelia Maria Polla Rosso, who immigrated to Leechburg, Pennsylvania in 1917. She encouraged her husband Alberto Rosso, a bricklayer, to move to Pittsburgh and earn a living using his trade. Emelia Rosso returned to Italy for the summer of 1952 with her relations Giacomo and Angelica Polla. Before she left Italy, she purchased the two dolls (this doll and 2021.135.1) in or near Genoa, Italy. She displayed them in her dining room in her home on Apple Avenue in the East Liberty neighborhood.
Previous owner
Emelia Maria Polla Rosso
Related person
Giacomo Polla
Related person
Angelica Polla
Subjects
On View
Not on view
1952
1985
