Description: Jumeau Bébé, bisque socket head, wood & composition ball jointed body, straight wrists, wigged, paperweight violet eyes, painted lashes, feathered brows, open mouth with row of upper teeth. Pierced ears and beautifully dressed. Marked “Bebe Jumeau on lower middle back.

History: Jumeau was a French company, founded in the early 1840s, which designed and manufactured high quality bisque dolls. It was founded by Louis-Desire Belton and Pierre-François Jumeau in the Maison Jumeau of Montreuil-sous-Bois, near Paris, France. While Belton did not remain with the company for long, under Jumeau's leadership (and later, under the leadership of his son, Emile), the company soon gained a reputation for dolls with beautiful faces and "exquisite" clothing which replicated the popular fashions of the time. The dolls are still popular with collectors today, and have sold for over £2,000 at auction. Her large eyes gaze at you with an expression a vivid as that of a real child's. A perfectly crafted item, a Jumeau doll is a toy as unique and well-made as any you might find in the world of collectibles. The clothing associated with these dolls is a replica of fashion from this era and is as ornately done as the dolls themselves. There is a good deal of variety in the materials in a Jumeau doll. Original Jumeaus can be paper mache, glazed porcelain, and bisque. Jumeau bisque dolls are the most popular and widely collected today.

Provenance: N/A

Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 2.25 | Height(in) = 20 | Width(in) = 7 | Depth(in) = 3

Size of Artwork(in): 20 x 7 x 3"

Artist Name: Jumeau

Medium: Bisque, wood, cloth.

Circa: Circa 1870

There is some chipping and paint missing on her hands.