#650

Grand French Bisque Bebe Jumeau with Exceptional Dress and Signed Jumeau Shoes
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$5,500
sold
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Description
30" (76 cm.) Bisque socket head,brown glass paperweight inset eyes,thick dark eyeliner,dark curly lashes,widely-arched brush-stroked and feathered brows,accented eye corners and nostrils,closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips,dimpled chin,separately-modeled pierced ears,brunette human hair over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 15 (and artist checkmarks on head) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1888. Value Points: wonderful large size of the brown-eyed bebe with beautiful bisque and painting,original signed body and body finish,and wearing a superb antique dress with richly-embroidered tulle,undergarments,fine silk bonnet,socks,and leather shoes signed "Bebe Jumeau Depose 15".