A Schoenhut bonnet head

This is one of Schoenhut's 14" dolls. 

She has had her head totally repainted with oil paints. It is a nice artistic repaint but it does not really follow Schoenhut's painting style. Too many brush strokes, some colour issues and loss of hair detail are part of the problems.

The first thing to do is to remove the repaint.

Here I have done the first bits of removal. Some original paint is being revealed.

Eventually I find that her original eyes are intact and part of her facial gesso/paint is still there.

But, there is not much original paint left on her bonnet.

Gradually, she gets the bare areas repainted to blend in with her original bits.

Her bonnet needs an almost total repaint. Here she is midway through that process.

Finally she can show off her new look.