Object Type: Doll
Title: 1970 Velvet Stock No. 1035-5 (white); 1036-3 (black) Web Category: Ideal Crissy Family Manufacturer: Ideal Date: 1970 Material: Plastic body with viny head Object Id: The first issue dolls were wrapped in purple / lavender tissue paper. Instructions, a letter to mother, and a rat-tail hairbrush was included in the box. |
The first issue Velvet has long blond hair and purple eyes. She wears a purple sleeveless velveteen dress, taffeta or white cotton panties and purple t-strap shoes with a molded side buckle. The first issue black velvet doll has long black hair and wears a lavender sleeveless velveteen dress, taffeta or white cotton panties and lavender t-strap shoes with molded side buckles.
Each Velvet doll was packed in her box with small plastic rollers bobby-pinned to the sides of her head at the temples, each with a small amount of foundation hair. When the rollers were removed, they left small ringlet curls at the sides of Velvet's head. |