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VICTORIAN LOWBROW MOURNING DOLL:
Mlle. Gabrielle Fuller - Victorian Sideshow Act
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Mlle. Gabrielle Fuller
Gabrielle Fuller was born in 1884 in Switzerland and in 1900 joined up with the circus at the Paris Exposition.
Shelater travelled with the Ringling Brothers Circus and appeared at Coney Island's Dreamland sideshow.
She was married at least twice, and was written about by the writer Wallace Stort:
"Gabrielle . . . was for many years considered the most perfect example of what is
known as the "half-lady" on exhibition. Down to the hips she is a beautifully
proportioned woman. Below that she does not exist, the trunk finishing neatly and
smoothly a little below the waist, with nothing in the way of stumps being present."
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Mlle. Gabrielle Fuller is 15 inches tall.
She has articulated arms and her costume was completely hand-stitched,
no sewing machines were used.
Mlle. Gabrielle Fuller's dress is a beautiful gently stained off white fabric and lace.
She wears a vintage beaded cameo necklace around her lovely neck.
The entire doll was hand-stitched from cotton fabric, her
face was hand-painted using acrylic paints,
and the body is stuffed with 100% clean polyestor fiber fill.
This particular doll has been accessorized with a lovely long dark brown wig.
Each doll comes with a set of elegant hang-tags
that were specially made for this years batch of dolls.
Daguerreotype frame not included.
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THIS DOLL IS SOLD
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Copyright © MADAME TALBOT. All rights reserved.
This doll has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office in Washington, D.C.
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