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Description
14" (36 cm.) One piece carved wooden head and torso portraying
adult woman with elaborately arranged coiffure,carved facial
features,painted large blue eyes in sculpted eye sockets,arched
brows,aquiline nose,closed mouth with well-shaped
lips,sculpted ears,adult female modeled body with highly
detailing sculpting of female elements,hinge jointed one-piece
legs,painted red shoes,muslin upper arms,wooden forearms and
sculpted fingers,antique silk costume with elaborate trim.
Condition: generally excellent. Comments: French,circa
1780,from a series of one-of-a-kind dolls representing
members of the French court of Louis XVI; this
model,representing Marie-Antoinette,is documented in a
landmark research work "Les Poupees Royales de la Cour de
Louis XVI" by Francois Theimer; four pages are dedicated to the
doll with historical photographs. Value Points: very important
historical doll with outstanding detail of hair carving,the doll
was previously in the important collections of Gladys Hilsdorf
and Mildred Seeley before its acquisition by Geri Baker. The doll
appears on the cover of The Encyclopedia of French Dolls.