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Description
26" (66 cm.) Bisque socket head, blue glass paperweight eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked and multi-feathered brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with shaded and outlined lips, impressed dimples at philtrum, chin and lip corners, pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden fully-jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: Depose Tete Jumeau Bte SGDG 12 (and artist checkmarks) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1886. Value Points: lovely bisque and painting, original body and body finish, the bebe is wearing her original aqua silk couturier costume and bonnet created in the studios of Ernestine Jumeau, original undergarments, Jumeau socks, aqua kidskin shoes with gilt lettering "Bebe Jumeau".