Shirley Temple 18" Composition Doll In Heidi Outfit by Catherine Kauffman

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Here is another of my Shirley Temple Composition Dolls.  This one is in a Heidi outfit made by Catherine Kauffman.
She is 18 " tall and has a beautiful face.  Her eyes are brown and her hair is nice and curly.  Her composition is very  good. Her Heidi outfit has the tall black leggings and black oilcloth shoes.  Her dress and apron are one piece and she has a onesie with a slip attached.  She has all her fingers and toes.
I have included an article about Catherine Kauffman and her very fine reproduction Shirley outfits:
"Catherine Kauffman, of Danville, Pa., is a self-taught seamstress who started sewing on a treadle sewing machine at age 14 out of economic necessity. One of 16 children, Kauffman’s mother died when Kauffman was only 11. The family couldn’t afford extras such as dolls. As a teenager, Kauffman honed her sewing skills working in a pajama factory and later as a seamstress in a hospital laundry. Sewing for dolls came much later after her daughter was born. Now Kauffman makes approximately 40 “Shirley Temple” outfits, creating patterns from pictures of the original costumes. Brigitte from France owns three outfits and is thrilled with the faithfully detailed reproduction Kauffman made for her composition Shirley Temple doll.
Kauffman’s customer, Ann Sting from Florida, sums up every vintage doll collector’s goal best in describing the outfits that Kauffman created for her composition dolls: “I want my dolls to be as original as possible but would rather have reproductions of the original outfits made by Catherine than buy high priced fragile dresses that are 60 or 70 years old. She researches her fabrics and creates each one to the finest detail.”
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