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Francois Gaultier Beauty
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French Fashion Lady
$3,850. |
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Wearing that hypnotic green from the 1870
Victorian period, we have an astonishingly lovely FG fashion lady with
bulbous blue glass eye, softly stroked lashes and brows, luminous pale
bisque swivel head with soft shading, original blond mohair wig in an
intricate braided style, pierced ears, and a bisque shoulder plate incised
"3", as is the head. Her original sturdy body is all of leather. |
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Her richly colored silk walking suit, although faded in areas, is from her
period and has opulent layers of ruffles and elongated flounces, adding a
special drama to her ensemble. This beautiful green, which is said
to have been stained by using arsenic dye, is complimented by
appearing in the silk plaid trim on her antique chapeau.
Undergarments are all antique as are her leather, button-up fashion
boots. |
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Maison Huret Enfantine Beauty
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The
rich colors of the antique dress worn by this Huret fashion doll (17 1/2")
accentuate her dramatic coloring, including the snow-white bisque of her
one-piece head and shoulder plate, her ocean blue painted eyes with
lingering tear drops, her lightly rouged cheeks and her berry pink lips.
On her mid left forehead is a faint, light brown paint miss from the time
she was being originally decorated. And on her left shoulder is an
imperfection in the form of a brown firing line across to the center.
Neither of these issues are considered damage, just inherent to the doll
herself. Her antique mohair wig is a warm blond with plentiful curly
waves.
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Her plump bisque arms with
details of finely molded fingers and nails are also of the same palest
bisque as the head and they are attached to the body with wooden joints
for added posing. And her body is a very sturdy leather example with
gussets at the hips. Her light weight cotton dress in the enfantine
silhouette, with deep-toned, tiny floral print is so attractive with her
coloring, she wears an antique straw chapeau, has beautiful antique
undergarments and lace up, antique French leather boots.. |
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Jumeau Fashion / Twill-over-Wood Body
17" |
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with Trunk and Wardrobe
$9,950. |
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Her blond mohair wig is antique with a
portion of hair giving her braided hairband, and she has pierced ears and a
swivel head on her bsique shoulder plate. Her high quality, fully jointed
wood body covered in twill fabric is actually the one that should be found
on a Simon Halbig early fashion lady. She even has the added articulation of
jointed ankles with the twill covering also on her feet. Her lower arms are
of pale bisque with long molded fingers, and there is a repair to the left
forearm. |
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Her antique wardroble consists of
five, two piece suits, ranging from dramatic black, to several richly toned
colors for each mood, to a fresh, Springy pnik number. She has a number of
antique hats for accessorizing, antique leather button up boots, and antique
undergaments in white cotton. This beloved doll and her trousseau are from a
special California collection. |
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Early French Fashion Lady
17" |
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Smartly Dressed!
$3,900. |
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Dating from the 1860's the association that
the Barrois bisque production had with other factories like Bru is so
evident as there is a hint of first generation Bru in the face of this
lovely lady. She may have inspired the look of the first Bru fashions
with her gentle, full face with super fine application of features, more
so than on the very chubby-faced early Barrois heads. Her swivel neck
head has moody blue enamel eyes, outlined in fine, black eyeliner and
surrounded by pale brown lashes and brows that make her look early and
delicate. Her peachy rose colored lips are accented and painted
conservatively inside her lip line. |
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She has primly molded, pierced ears and her super pale bisque has a faint
wash of cheek color. Her blond mohair wig is antique, tied loosely in a rear
bun with braids encircling the front. Her body is completely of kid leather
and in very sturdy, and clean condition, with the upper torso visible by
lifting her chemise. Of great attraction is her very smart, wheat colored
silk antique gown with reserved, but very dramatic impact due to the use of
vivid color, pattern and detailed trim as embellishments. Even the pillbox
hat in coordinating fabric, trim and color she wears demands the same
attention! Undergarments and boots are all antique. |
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At only 11” this Francois Gaultier
fashion is fresh from Paris and making an astonishing impact due to her
fully original and detailed wedding or communion costume that has a
provincial feel to its design. Her petite but powerful visage has enormous
blue enamel eyes, lush lashes and multi-stroke brows, a closed mouth with
accent line between the lips and pale bisque that is a swivel head on a
bisque shoulder plate. She has her original blond mohair wig peeking out
from under her dramatic head dress of lace, net, silk ribbon and flowers
of fabric and wax.
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This ceremonial theme is continued
with her starched organdy and shining satin, calf-length gown with lace,
ribbon and floral detail, and she wears her original cream cotton stockings
with ivory leather slippers. Her never undressed body is of firm and clean
kid leather that is jointed at the shoulders and her vivid jewelry consists
of turquois glass bead earrings and a matching pin of turquoise beads at her
collar line.
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Francois Gaultier in her Finery
$3,750. |
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From a local important collection, it is
clear that the long time collector was attracted to lovely faces, such as
this 16" F.G. young lady in her original, two piece wedding gown that,
without its elaborate head dress and demure veil, could creatively be
accessorized to wear to the ball. She has a crystal blue gaze from her
large enamel eyes, softly detailed facial decoration and shading, pierced ears and
an older, medium blond mohair wig with long curls spilling from a soft
up-do. |
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Her super pale bisque swivel head and shoulder plate match her jointed
bisque arms having hands with detailed fingers and nails. Her
gusseted leather body is strong and clean. The satin folds and tucks
of her ivory skirt with long train are accented with flower petal-like
silk trim showing up around her collar, down her jacket and also on her
gorgeous head dress. Also note her long trained petticoat and
separate, bustle of matching pleated, linen-like fabric. Currently
looking for some shoes to wear on her silk-stockinged feet. |
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Mlle. Cosette
15"
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Superb Barrois, Trunk and Trousseau
SOLD |
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A multi-faceted life calls for a multi-faceted
wardrobe, and this early Barrois young lady named "Cosette" by the owner has
just that, in a trunk that holds her and her trousseau to experience every
day of it! Cosette has that wonderful, early pale bisque of the
1860's, with cobalt blue, almond-shaped eyes, encircled with dark eyeliner
and lashes and pale, multi-stroke brows. She has a pursed mouth with a
hint of a smile in soft rose lip color. |
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Then we have her ultra versatile wardrobe, from her practical, print cotton
house dress with full white cotton apron to a glorious, silk organza gown
with layers of ruffles and a long train in a delicious sherbet of spring
color. Even the petticoat that supports this dress has a train!
Other outfits include a sweet print cotton, two piece suit with pink ruffled
trim for a garden party, a white cotton, enfantine one piece dress with lace
inserts and tucking throughout and a smart, ecru full dress with delicate
lace overlay and violet velvet accents for an afternoon trip into the city. |
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There are coordinating antique hats for mix and match and plenty of antique
undergarments that do their job supporting all her delightful clothing,
especially her added hoop skirt which is a must! All this is contained
in her dome-top wooden trunk with a two compartment tray covered with
original, decorative paper. Her boots are leather and antique, as are
her stockings. Lucky girl! |
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Superb "Lily" Poupee with Label
ON LAYAWAY |
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From
a private collection in California, we have a lovely early Francois
Gaultier Lily (18"), swivel neck fashion, with her fully jointed, leather
over wood body, having beautifully sculpted bisque lower arms, hands,
lower legs and feet. She has hauting, silvery blue enamel eyes, eggshell
white bisque, slightly dramatic painting of lashes and brows, the FG
“bee-sting” painted lips, pierced ears and a loosely styled, abundant and
curly, antique mohair wig.
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The Lily label on her chest is very
intact, showing the boutique name, “A La Poupee de Nuremburg”, the shop
address in Paris, and the Lavelle Perronne name, making this a specially
documented fashion doll. Her antique, sheer cotton outfit is a full skirt
with blouse bodice, having flared three-quarter sleeves with ruffled
borders, tied at the waist with a sash of the same fabric.
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A third piece to the outfit is the
matching ruffle-edged cape, giving added style to summer casual chic. Her
antique straw bonnet's colorful ribbon trim is repeated with her basket of
flowers and her olive green slippers with fancy pink silk bows. |
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An Elusive E.B. Fashion
12" |
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Distinctive Slender Molding
ON LAYAWAY |
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She has a pale bisque shoulder head,
almond shaped, blue enamel eyes, aqualine nose, slender facial shape and
elongated throat, painted lashes, feathered brows, closed mouth with center
accented lips, pierced ears, and reddish brunette mohair wig over cork pate.
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Her pristine, gussetted leather kid
poupee body has leather over wood joints at the shoulders with long,
graceful pale bisque arms and finely detailed hands. Her perfectly
fitting, antique A-line dress is of cream wool with red silk and cord
accents has a similarly adorned antique hat. Undergarments and petite,
leather lace up boots, for this petite beauty are also antique.
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Be sure to check the
CLOTHING page for
available dresses and accessories for your fashion!
nellingdolls@gmail.com
Post Office Box 4327 n
Burbank, CA 91503
Cell (818-738-4591 n
Home Phone (818) 562-7839
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