Important French Bisque Portrait Bebe "Eugenie" by Emile Jumeau with Trunk and Trousseau

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22" (56 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks, brown glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, mauve blushed eyeshadow, brushstroked brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with shaded and accented lips, pierced ears, light brunette wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed plump body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 10 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1878. Value Points: very beautiful early bebe is preserved in pristine condition, in her original box script labeled "Eugenie" and with early French trunk with added linen cover which is embroidered "Eugenie", along with extensive trousseau including her original cotton chemise, shoes signed E. Jumeau (one sole missing), three various bonnets, seven couturier-sewn dresses, and various undergarments and nightgown, many of which have embroidered letter "E" for Eugenie.