A detailed Schoenhut doll's restoration

 

This doll has arrived to be restored.

She did not always look like this. She had a total head repaint when her owner bought her. 

She once looked like this.

This is Schoenhut's model 105.

She had been repainted but did not look like she should.

So, off came the repaint!

Here she is part way through the repaint removal.

Sometimes, when removing repaint, you find nice original paint underneath.

Unfortunately this was not the case here.

There is little original paint left.