$21,000
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Description
20" (51 cm). Bisque socket head with dark sienna
complexion,
brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner,
dark painted
lashes, black brushstroked and feathered brows,
accented
nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between
the outlined
lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork
pate, French
composition and wooden fully-jointed lady body
with shapely
torso. Condition: generally excellent. Marks:
Depose Tete
Jumeau Bte SGDG 8 (and artist check marks on
head).
Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1888. Value
Points: rare model
with rich complexion to represent Spanish lady,
rare adult
female body, wearing original Spanish style silk
costume of coral
silk with black lace overlay decorated with
rhinestone beads,
black velvet vest, black chenille snood under
straw bonnet,
undergarments, stockings, signed Jumeau shoes;
few examples
of this character doll are known to exist.