
34" (86 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with long-faced modeling and very plump lower cheeks, brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose blushed eye shadow, brush-stroked and feathered brows, accented eye corners and nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, separately applied pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 16 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, his classic model known as "triste" (sad) in reference to its pouty expression, or "long-faced", sculpted by renown French 19th century sculptor Carrier-Belleuse. Value Points: the largest size made of the rare child has outstanding quality of bisque and sculpting with superb definition of expression especially around the eyes and mouth, finest painting, wearing antique multi-layered costume of fine white cotton, straw bonnet, undergarments, Jumeau socks and (frail) Jumeau shoes marked Bebe Jumeau Depose.