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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, brown painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, open mouth with slightly-smiling expression, row of porcelain teeth, pierced ears, brunette mohair braided wig, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: SFBJ 238 Paris 4 (doll) Margaine-Lacroix, Boulevard Hausmann Paris (cloth label on costume) (original illegible paper label on costume). Comments: SFBJ, circa 1914, from a series of dolls in costumes inspired by the Ballet Russe created by Parisian couturiere Margaine-Lacroix, as presented in the original Paris and New York exhibitions of costumed dolls which featured both the exceptional Albert Marque doll and this character model of 238. This particular example represents a Russian peasant woman in traditional costume of the province of Samara, featuring a green satin dress with soutache embroidery and gilt medallion, sleeveless brocade tunic with fur edging, Cossack hat with gold beads, gold silk trousers, and unique brocade boots. Value Points: very rare and all-original model from the original Margaine-Lacroix exhibition, in Ballet Russe costume, and having her original silk label. The doll was featured in an article "The Artful Dolls of Margaine-Lacroix" by Samy Odin, in Antique Doll Collector, March 2013.