#31

Cissy "Dressed for A Summer Afternoon" Garden Party, 1956
Live Auction

$950
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Dark brunette hair with curly bangs and shoulder-curls. Wearing tagged sheer white organdy full-length gown with ruffles at neckline and skirt, rosebud clusters at the neckline and accenting the skirt, white silk sash with large bow at the back, taffeta hooped petticoat, pantalets, seamed stockings, red cross-strap heels, wide-brimmed woven hat with netting and a cluster of dainty rosebud petals and leaves, and carrying red net faux parasol with white rosebud, solitaire ring. Excellent condition. Alexander, 1956, from the Fashion Parade series, model 2035, the doll was described as "dressed for a summer afternoon...in a beautifully styled garden party dress of sheerest organdy", her hat adding "a note of formality".