🌸 Antique French Boudoir Doll – Poupée de Salon – circa 1920s–1930s | 65 cm

A beautiful and characterful French boudoir doll in wonderful original condition, dating from the Art Deco period (circa 1920–1935). These elegant salon dolls were made in France as decorative objects for ladies' boudoirs and were never intended as children's toys.

✦ Description:

• Size: Approximately 65 cm (seated height)

• Head: Moulded cloth/composition with hand-painted features — striking blue painted eyes, delicately arched brows, and red rosebud lips; short curled brown painted/flocked hair

• Body: Cloth-stuffed torso and upper limbs; composition lower arms and hands with individually defined fingers and traces of original nail paint

• Legs/Feet: Original cloth legs, stitched at the seams — charming aged patina

• Dress: Original period French cotton print fabric in sage green/cream with red and purple cherry blossom motif; lace cuffs and hem trim

• Hat: Original wide-brim straw hat with black ribbon detail

• Condition: Very good for age — some light aging and surface marks consistent with 90+ years; face has some fine age fading lines ,original clothing intact and wearable

✦ Why She's Special:
French boudoir dolls of this type are highly sought-after by collectors worldwide. Hers is an especially complete and original example — original dress, original hat, original composition hands. Very few survive with all elements intact.

✦ Shipping:
Carefully packed with professional materials. Ships from France.