#283

Bebe by Jumeau in Silk Couturier Costume and Signed Aqua Jumeau Shoes
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$8,750
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Bisque socket head,blue glass paperweight inset eyes,dark eyeliner,lushly painted lashes,widely arched brush-stroked brows,accented nostrils and eye corners,closed mouth with upturned lip corners,accented lips,pierced ears,blonde mohair wig over cork pate,French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 9 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau,circa 1886. Value Points: the early model tete has lovely expression and bisque,original signed body with original finish,wears superb (frail) silk and velvet couturier dress,undergarments,Jumeau socks,aqua kidskin shoes signed E. Jumeau.