Passed
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Description
35" (89 cm.) Bisque socket head with slender facial shape and elongated throat,brows,glass
sleep eyes,mohair lashes,painted lower lashes,brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils of
aquiline nose,closed mouth with outlined lips,pierced ears,brunette human hair wig,French
composition fully-jointed lady body with ample and well-defined bosom and derriere,tiny
waist,elongated limbs. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 1199 S&H dep 13 (head) EBD
(initial stamped on torso). Comments: the model was marketed as "La Patricienne" by Edmund
Daspres,the successor to the Jules Steiner firm,1902-1915,with unusual closed mouth
variation of the 1159 model that was likely commissioned exclusively for this doll,and has a
unique body that was designed to enhance the fashionable costumes of the era; the body
seems almost as though hand-sculpted indicating its very limited production. Value Points:
wearing exquisite antique wedding gown of the 1910 era,the grand size of the rare closed
mouth model suggests its creation as an Exhibition model.