Wild Hand-sewn Leather Piecework Large, Headless Doll Body with Open Arms! William Charles Palmer ink drawing though this is really a

though this is really a guess

8 1/4" t x 5 3/16" in diameter

Plenty of scuffs and stains and paint loss here and there

The set is in excellent condition

oil on poplar wood panel

Wild Hand-sewn Leather Piecework Large, Headless Doll Body with Open Arms! William Charles Palmer ink drawing though this is really aA weird and wild one, which I find amazing and perhaps Halloween season is the right time for it, though I really find this doll body quite tender, with these wide arms seeming all about delivering a big, exuberant hug! I understand from the seller that the leather piecework patchwork body was made by an artist who worked in leather and came from his estate. I don't know more than that, but the leather itself is heavy, and beautiful, and skillfully