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Description
28" (71 cm). Pressed bisque socket head with long- faced modeling, very plump cheeks and chin, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eyeshadow, brush stroked and multi-feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth, shaded and outlined lips, separately modeled pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists, lovely antique silk dress, undergarments, lace bonnet, signed Jumeau shoes. Condition: generally excellent, old repaint on body. Marks: 13. Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: gorgeous large size of the sad-faced bebe known as "triste" with finest quality of bisque and painting.