Adelina Patti China Doll
This is a 16 inch all original china head doll known as Adelina Patti. Her perfect china head is on a cloth body. Her original
dotted Swiss cotton gown is finished with silk cummerbund and ruching at the neckline. Her face painting suggests she was
made by Conta & Boehme. She has the characteristic sleepy eyes with no outline or highlight and the classic dark line
separating the lips.
Adelina Patti was (1843-1919) was a contemporary of Jenny Lind. She was a coloratura soprano called the greatest singer by
Verdi. The hairstyle is similar to one worn by Adelina in a performance as Marguerite in Faust in 1875. She was born of Italian
parents in Madrid Spain and raised in the Bronx. She debuted in New York but sang throughout Europe, Russia and England.
She sang Home Sweet Home for the President and Mrs Lincoln at the death of their son Willie. It became her signature song.
dotted Swiss cotton gown is finished with silk cummerbund and ruching at the neckline. Her face painting suggests she was
made by Conta & Boehme. She has the characteristic sleepy eyes with no outline or highlight and the classic dark line
separating the lips.
Adelina Patti was (1843-1919) was a contemporary of Jenny Lind. She was a coloratura soprano called the greatest singer by
Verdi. The hairstyle is similar to one worn by Adelina in a performance as Marguerite in Faust in 1875. She was born of Italian
parents in Madrid Spain and raised in the Bronx. She debuted in New York but sang throughout Europe, Russia and England.
She sang Home Sweet Home for the President and Mrs Lincoln at the death of their son Willie. It became her signature song.
