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Description
20" (51 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with very full cheeks and chin, brown glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve-blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body, wearing good antique burgundy woolen coat and shirt, lace details, Scottish tam, signed Jumeau shoes. Condition: generally excellent, restoration on right earlobe. Marks: 10 (head) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, his unique model sculpted by Carrier-Belleuse, circa 1885. Value Points: especially poignant expression with very full cheek modeling, entrancing eyes.