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Description
12" (30 cm.) Bisque socket head, light amber brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, long painted lashes, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, shaded and accented lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 3 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1885. Value Points: fine all original condition, with lush original Jumeau wig, original body and body finish, original rose faille couturier dress from Ernestine Jumeau atelier, with gilt letter armband "Bebe Jumeau" and gilt lettered shoes "Bebe Jumeau Med d'Or Paris 5", matching bonnet, original Jumeau undergarments, with blue ribbon award from UFDC 8th National Convention 1957 in San Francisco.