#207

Bebe Jumeau, Size 11, with Signed Shoes
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$3,700
sold
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Description
24" (61 cm). Bisque socket head, amber brown glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eye cut, lushly painted lashes, widely arched brushstroked and feathered brows, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, pierced ears, brunette human hair over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully jointed body with straight wrists, antique silk dress, undergarments, straw bonnet. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 11 (head, and artist checkmarks) Jumeau Medaille d’Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1888. Value Points: gorgeous eyes contrast the fine creamy bisque, original body and body finish, original shoes (worn) signed Bebe Jumeau Depose 11.