#78

Cissy Queen with Distinctive Puffed Sleeves, 1958
Live Auction

$1,100
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Reddish-brown hair with two tiny forehead curls, then drawn back into arranged curls at nape. Wearing gold brocade gown with unusual pulled sleevelets, box-pleated full skirt, set-in waist, wide blue Sash of the Garter with rhinestone encircled medallion, and red ribbons, yellow taffeta hooped petticoat, panties, stockings, gold cross-strap heeled shoes, elaborate gold crown with rhinestone trim, rhinestone earrings, three bracelets, solitaire ring, elbow-length fingerless gloves. Near mint. Alexander, model 2281, 1958, with original box stamped 2281, described in that year's catalog as "gracious...regal and romantic".