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Description
18" (46 cm.) Bisquesocket head,blueglass sleep
eyes,mohair lashes,painted lower lashes with dot
highlights,feathered brows,accented nostrils and
eyecorners,open mouth,four tiny porcelain
teeth,whitemohair wig in
MarieAntoinettestyle,French composition and wooden
fully-jointed body. Condition; generally
excellent. Marks: SFBJ 301 Paris. Comments:
SFBJ,circa 1917,possibly from a series of dolls
costumed by thecouturier shop of Margaine-Lacroix
of Paris,in conjunction with their presentation of
theart doll sculpted by Marque. Dolls from this
shop werecostumed in historical fashions of
France,with appropriately-styled wigs,as is this
doll; theseries was designed to revivetheflailing
French fashion industry,and giveneeded work to
French seamstresses. ValuePoints: rareand
all-original doll with silk and lacecostume,kid
shoes,silk stockings,undergarments,and whitemohair
wig of thelate18th century style.