Jumeau
Sign in to savethumb|Jumeau doll thumb|Jumeau advertising from 1885 Jumeau was a French company, founded in the early 1840s, which designed and manufactured high quality bisque dolls.
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thumb|Jumeau doll thumb|Jumeau advertising from 1885 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.
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