#118

Cissette "Attending Tea",1957
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$850
sold
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Description
10" (25 cm.) All hard plastic,socket head,jointing at shoulder,elbows and knees,high-heel shaped feet,sleep eyes,brunette hair with original short forehead bangs,and arranged rolled curls. Costume: aqua taffeta faille afternoon dress with fitted bodice,pink taffeta petticoat and panties with lace edging,stockings,pink sling heels,pearls,stiffened-lace bonnet with interwoven rose ribbons and rose-tinged floral cluster that matches the "modest corsage" (1957 catalog description) at her waist. The costume is labeled Cissette and the doll is presented in her original box labeled 918. Near mint condition,crisp and fresh throughout. Alexander,model 918,the doll appeared in the 1957 catalog described as "smart from head to hem".