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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, rose-blushed eye shadow, brushstroked and feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth, outlined lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 6 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1890. Value Points: pristine unplayed with condition, the beautiful wide-eyed bebe is wearing original ivory silk and lace couturier costume from the workshops of Ernestine Jumeau including dress and matching wire-framed bonnet, matching undergarments, socks, leather shoes with silk rosettes signed "E.J. Depose 6", Jumeau ruby earrings, and with original gilt-lettered arm band "Bebe Jumeau".