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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged bisque shoulder plate with voluptuously-modeled bosom, blue glass enamel inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, feathered arched brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with outlined lips, pierced ears, mohair wig, very-firmly stuffed kid torso, upper arms and legs, bisque forearms with expressively-posed fingers, bisque lower legs, sculpted heeled shoes with aqua applied kid cover. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 3. Comments: Radiquet & Cordonnier, who deposed the model as "poupee-statuette" in 1880, with the notion of creating a fashionable mannequin for the presentation of theatrical costumes, which thus, according to The Encyclopedia of French Dolls by Theimer, "fused the world of the doll and the world of art". The model was created for a few years only. Value Points: very rare doll with superbly modeled statuesque body, beautiful face, fine antique silk costume.