Beschreibung:

An important collection of French fashionable doll clothes and accessories including: a boned corset of white cotton with herring bone weave crinolines white cotton day dress, the short sleeves and front panel of bodice and skirt of ornate broderie Anglaise cream silk dress printed with blue squares, the bodice trimmed with blonde lace and blue piping -- (heavily darned) royal blue facecloth riding habit with black glass buttons and black piping -- (buttons broken and some missing, marks to the skirt from folding, moth holes) sky blue silk satin evening coat and hooded cape trimmed with blonde lace and ruched ribbon -- (some splitting) two printed cotton pinafores edged with braid a half-mourning purple dress with black fringed silk sleeves, pelerine and jet decoration white gauze pelerine woven with purple silk sprigs and trimmed with purple silk ribbon and lace regional costume comprising beaded black silk bolero, sash and purse, all edged with royal blue silk regional white wool jacket with cord appliqué and blue silk fringing, possibly Hungarian -- (moth damage) black silk faille jacket with black and white fringing and braid edging pair of mauve kid boots with cream silk tassels another similar pair in black pair of side-buttoning black kid boots marked C.C. -- (heels missing) pair of black and pink embroidered woollen slippers with black rosettes pair of black silk side-fastening boots -- (one worn) elaborate straw-work hat with coral velvet ribbon white felt toque trimmed with blue feathers black velvet hat trimmed with green feathers, net and beads straw boater trimmed with black velvet ribbon and imitation flowers three odd shoes underwear and blouses -- mainly to fit a 15in. (38cm.) doll, dating from 1860 to 1870 See Colour Plate 8