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Description
25" (64 cm.) Bisque socket head with very plump cheeks, narrow blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted curly lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with very full shaded and outlined lips, dimpled chin and philtrum, separately modeled pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Jumeau 11 (incised). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1882. Value Points: beautiful rare model that is nicely costumed in vintage coral silk French dress, undergarments, woven bonnet, Jumeau socks, and early leather shoes signed "J.Bonnet Paris" indicating the doll was sold at the shop of Jules Bonnet, A La Providence at 74 Rue de Rivoli in Paris.