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Description
12" (30 cm.) Wax lady doll with stylishly-posed slender face on elongated throat,painted facial
features,blonde mohair wig,padded armature body. The doll is posed upon a velvet-covered
base with 1915 banner in French national colors,and is wearing a stylish woolen costume
inspired by the classic Zouave uniform,with painted boots,and carrying two red,white and blue
hat boxes with label "E. Hautecoueur,35 Avenue de l'Opera,Paris" (and matching paper label on
the underside). Condition: generally excellent,some dustiness. Comments: in the manner of
Lafitte-Desirat,1915,the costume was designed to inspire patriotic enthusiasm during the WWI
war years.