Lenci dolls are pressed felt dolls with painted features, manufactured in Turin by Enrico and Elena (Lenci) Scavini from 1919 until 1944. The bodies and the clothing of Lenci boy and girl dolls are made of pressed woolen felt. The bodies were machine stitched up the back and across the shoulders then hand-stitched between the legs. This allowed them to wear low cut tops and clothes that displayed their limbs. The faces were pressed on molds and features were then hand-painted, hair was made from mohair and this was stitched in. Felt pressed dolls were very popular in the nineteenth century and just after the first world war.

Dapper Dan

The Lenci Golfers

The Scottish Lass

The Ladies

Googly Gal

Little Drummer Boy