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Description
22" (56 cm). Pressed bisque socket head, large
blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner
encircles the eyecut, painted lashes, mauve
blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked and multi-
feathered brows, accented eye corners and shaded
nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined
lips, separately modelled and pierced ears,
blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French
composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed
body with straight wrists. CONDITION: Generally
excellent. MARKS: 10x (incised) Jumeau Medaille
d'Or Paris (body stamp). COMMENTS: Emile Jumeau,
circa 1882. VALUE POINTS: Superb condition of the
all-original Bebe Jumeau, with original wig,
pate, body, body finish, and couturier costume
from the Ernestine Jumeau workshops comprising
dress of maroon silk and blue velvet, with
matching bonnet, Jumeau undergarments, woven
stockings, leather shoes with silk rosettes
incised "E. Jumeau Med. d'Or Paris 10" on shoes,
maroon earrings and necklace.