1920s Chad Valley cloth doll 12" tall

Chad Valley doll mark label British Hygienic Toys

Chad Valley mark Hygienic Textile Toys Made in England

Chad Valley began producing cloth dolls around 1917.  Earliest dolls have stockinet faces, later they hand painted felt faces with a velvet or velveteen body. 

In 1938 Chad was granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment "Toy makers to her Majesty the Queen".  Palitoy acquired Chad Valley in 1978 then Woolworth in 1988.  Some Chad Valley doll marks, labels or hang tags;

The Chad Valley, Hygienic Fabric Toys, Made in England

Chad Valley Bambina (Reg. & Pat.)

The Mabel Lucie Attwell Doll (Reg. & Patented) Sole Makers Chad Valley Co. LTD.

Also, Chad Valley Hygienic Toys Made in England Seal of Purity hangtag; the celluloid button; Chad Valley British Hygienic Toys or Royals; HRH . . . British made Doll By Permission of Her Majesty The Queen Sole Makers The Chad Valley Co Ltd. Harbonne, England. 

In 1923 Chad registered cloth printed aerolite rag dolls; Peggy, Peter Pan, Pixie, Sonia & Red Cloud..