Rare Small Size Antique Jumeau Doll
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:36327431 | Features: Antique |
| Brand/Artist: Jumeau |
VERY RARE SIZE "00" ANTIQUE JUMEAU PETITE UN PEAU 9 1/2" CHILD FRENCH FASHION DOLL Gorgeous and large mesmerizing SPIRAL BLUE paperweight eyes--------an EXCEPTIONAL doll for the EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION! A gorgeous DISPLAY READY Fashion doll with her original tiny and gusseted all leather body and fabulous original strawberry blonde MOHAIR WIG, and endearing all antique ENFANTINE ENSEMBLE. She wears a sweet little antique outfit that includes a blue and white checkered cotton jumper styl...e dress which is stylishly slightly longer in the back than the front, embellished with white piping trim and tiny little buttons on the bodice, and underneath an antique long sleeved cream colored cotton blouse with sweet sailor type collar! Underneath she wears a recently but very well made tiny HOOP SKIRT which fits her tiny waist perfectly, vintage cream lace mesh COTTON STOCKINGS, and her fabulous tiny antique RED SILK heeled Fashion doll boots with all four original BRASS BUTTONS make quite the statement peeking out from under her frock! Her tiny ears are pierced, and she has wonderful antique garnet colored GLASS BEADED earrings, and to complete her outfit she wears an adorable antique French Fashion doll ecru colored silk bonnet with wire frame, and tiny vintage red floral embellishments which have been pinned on the hat beautifully coordinate with her stylish red boots! Boots are worn and have tears. This sweet little doll will also come with her very own antique china Frozen Charlotte doll, albeit well loved as one of her arms has disappeared over the years! She has the most most EXQUISITELY MODELED facial features in classic Jumeau "Petite Un Peau" style including very large cut and luminous BULBOUS BLUE paperweight glass eyes with wonderful spiraling and dramatically black outlined irises, artfully painted features with MULTI-STROKED arched eyebrows that match her original wig, individually painted long eyelashes, beautifully OUTLINED LIPS with turned up corners, and stunning PALE BISQUE with petite features! Her DELUXE antique Fashion doll wig is original to her in a luminous shade of strawberry blonde, parted in the center with original double LONG PLAITS braided down the back! The back of her neck is incised with the numbers "00" corresponding to her DIMINUTIVE SIZE, and she has her original neck socket connection which is tight and secure. She has an antique CORK PATE which is still secured partially to her head and wig, and after careful inspection of her bisque head and shoulder plate there are no apparent hairlines, chips. Her original gusseted LEATHER BODY is very sturdy, gusseted at the elbows, knees and buttocks, with some normal wear to her fingers. Professionally patched arms.
