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Description
24" (61 cm.) Bisque socket head, deep brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, lushly-painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and multi-feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined lips, heart-shaped upper lip, impressed dimples at philtrum and chin, separately-modeled pierced ears, brunette hand-tied human hair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Jumeau 11 (head, and artist checkmarks) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: gorgeous model, made for one or two years only, with finest bisque, very deep sculpting of features, original body, wearing superb antique costume with embroidered flowers, with couturier label "XI LeJeune 11", red silk bonnet, leather shoes incised "11" with impressed figure of doll.