Eden Bebe

Eden Bebe

Fleischmann & Bloedel

1885-1915

Porcelain head doll has molded pierced ears, stationary brown paperweight eyes, feathered brows and lashes, and an open mouth with six teeth. Nostrils and inner eyes are delineated with red dots. Brown human hair wig arranged in long ringlet curls is glued to cork pate. Composition body has jointed shoulders, elbows, wrists, and hips. Doll wears a dark blue rayon dress trimmed with black lace around the neck, lower sleeve edge, center sleeve, and hem. A black sash made of black braid frogs and black twill tape encircles the waist. A white cotton chemise has a woven floral pattern and the neck and sleeves are trimmed with machine-made crochet lace. Garment fastens in back with two buttons and thread loops. A white cotton half slip with narrow lace edging fits over the chemise and fastens with a safety pin. White cotton batiste drawers have narrow lace edging at leg openings and are sewn shut at the left waist. Knee stockings are white cotton rib knit. Brown leather shoes with leather soles have a green velvet band at the instep. Shoes have an ankle tie.Embossed in the back of the neck: EDEN BEBE / PARIS / 9 On a tag taped to the skirt: EDEN BEBE / CAME IN ORIGINAL / DOLL BOX, Secondary inscription on the collector's tag: EDEN BEBE -founded in Bavaria 1873 also in Paris 1873 then to SFBJ 1899 -bisque head, composition jointed body -Mark -"EDEN BEBE PARIS" made by Fleischmann & Bodel -closed mouth or -open mouth

Doll

Girl

Toy

Plains to Peaks Collective

physical object

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