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Description
17" (43 cm.) Bisque swivel head on kid-edged
bisque shoulder plate,intricate neck articulation
allowing head to tilt side-to-side and nod as well
as swivel,very full lower cheeks,cobalt blue glass
enamel inset eyes,dark eyeliner,painted
lashes,feathered brows,rose-blushed eye
shadow,accented nostrils,closed mouth with
outlined lips,ears pierced into head,blonde mohair
wig over cork pate,French hollow kid body from the
deposed system of Victor Clement,shapely
torso,dowel-jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and
knees,antique white cut-work
gown,undergarments,leather boots signed C.C. along
with paper label "Maison Giroux". Condition:
generally excellent. Marks: Poupee Brevete SGDG
(green stamp on torso). Comments: Pierre-Victor
Clement,his unique poupee body was based upon
"blown" or hollow stiffened leather constructed
with the same principles as leather shoes (his
primary occupation) were made; the body was
deposed in 1867. Value Points: superb original
condition of the rare body,having original head
with unique expression and rare neck
articulation,antique costume includes original
leather boots from Maison Giroux,the luxury
Parisian store from which the poupee was sold.