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Description
28" (71 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full elongated
face,large brown glass paperweight inset eyes,thick dark
eyeliner,painted lashes,brush-stroked brows with feathered
details,mauve-blushed eye shadow,accented eye corners,shaded
nostrils,closed mouth,defined space between the pale outlined
lips,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:
13 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile
Jumeau,their model bebe sculpted by renown French artist Carrier-
Belleuse under commission by Jumeau,circa 1882. Value Points:
desirable bebe with most expressive features has very beautiful
pale bisque and painting,original body and body finish,antique
costume.