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Description
21" (53 cm.) All composition with socket head, blue sleep eyes, human hair lashes, closed mouth with bow-shaped lips, light brown human hair with darker brown curly extensions, five-piece body with jointing at shoulders and hips. The doll is wearing a unique costume in the manner of late 18th century French court, of silk brocade and ecru lace, with elaborate headdress, lace fan, undergarments including hooped petticoat, shoes and socks. Generally excellent. The doll by Madame Alexander, the costume exclusively created for presentation to Shirley Temple, in the manner of the portrait dolls introduced by Madame Alexander at the 1938 Toy Fair in New York. The doll appears in a photograph of Shirley's doll collection, circa 1938, shown here.