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Description
20" (51 cm.) Standing upon a patterned-gold
velvet-covered wooden base is a bisque-headed girl
with blue glass paperweight eyes,beautifully
painted features,closed mouth,pierced ears,long
flowing blonde mohair wig,carton torso and
legs,bisque forearms. The little girl is holding a
butterfly net in one hand and a wooden-handled
parasol in the other. She wears a frail silk and
lace dress with ribbon trim and straw bonnet.
Movements and Music. She turns her head
side-to-side and nods,alternately delicately
lifting the parasol,and then swiftly dropping the
net as though to capture a butterfly that has been
roused by the breeze of the parasol. One tune is
played,La Grosse Caisse,according to original
paper tune label on the base. The movements and
music function well,depicting the Parisian's love
of nature,albeit the doll appears in fantasy
luxury costuming more suitable for the salon than
for the garden. Leopold Lambert,circa 1890,the
doll appeared in the Lambert catalog named Bebe
Ombrelle,#36. The doll head was commissioned from
Emile Jumeau and is marked "T_te Jumeau Bte SGDG 4".