#50

Brunette Cissette as "Gainsborough Lady" by Alexander
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$425
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Description
10" (25 cm.) Brunette hair with curled bangs and cluster of curls at nape, sleep eyes, lady-shaped body. Wearing lavender taffeta full-length gown with pouf sleeves accented with a single rose at each shoulder and two at the skirt edge, blue sash with pearl beads, lavender petticoat and panties, stockings, silver sling heels, three-rhinestone earrings, and wide-brimmed bonnet with blue band and three roses. The costume is tagged. Excellent condition. Alexander, model 961, described in the 1957 catalog as "looking as though she had just stepped out of a portrait by Gainsborough". The doll has a blue ribbon award from 1983 Alexander Doll Convention.