The Jumeau firm was founded in the 1840s, and initially made papier mache dolls. From about 1860 they also made glazed porcelain dolls and later unglazed bisque headed dolls with composition bodies, for which the company is best known. The papier mache and porcelain dolls were unmarked, making it difficult to associate them with Jumeau.

The two types of dolls associated with Jumeau, poupees (fashion ladies) and bebes (child dolls).

Poupees were the most popular type of doll manufactured from the late 1850s through to the 1870s. They had adult bodies, and were dressed in realistic clothing, including shoes, hats and accessories, that mirrored the fashions of the time.

In the late 1870s Jumeau commenced manufacturing the bebe (child) dolls, which had bisque heads, paperweight glass eyes, exaggerated eyebrows. Most had closed mouths until the 1890s.

In the 1890s competition from cheaper German imports threatened the French doll producers and more...

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Tete Jumeau bisque doll. Cork pate socketed head with fixed…

Tete Jumeau Bisque Doll with Early Period Clothing

Tete Jumeau bisque doll. Cork pate socketed head with fixed blue eyes, open mouth and pierced ears, red stamped 'Tete Jumeau' with an incised 12. Long brown later Dynel wig . Early period clothing of maroon velvet jacket and bonnet, with pink lace over…

Gebruber Pfeiffer bisque doll brown stationary eyes, open mouth…

Gebruber Pfeiffer Bisque Doll with French Jointed Composition Boyd

Gebruber Pfeiffer bisque doll brown stationary eyes, open mouth with two top teeth (one missing) brown hair wig on French jointed composition Boyd with 'Bebe Jumeau' label to torso 50 cm, marked monogram Hubsy 42 Germany

'Fenella' SFBJ 236 laughing Jumeau character doll blue…

Fenella, SFBJ 236 Laughing Jumeau Character Doll

'Fenella' SFBJ 236 laughing Jumeau character doll blue stationary eyes, open/closed mouth brown hair wig on jointed body 43 cm, marked SFBJ 236 Paris 4 (new replacement arms, hairline crack tp left side of face)

SFBJ bisque doll blue eyes with lashes, light brown hair wig on…

SFBJ Bisque Doll with Blue Eyes and Jointed Body

SFBJ bisque doll blue eyes with lashes, light brown hair wig on jointed body 42 cm marked SFBJ 301 Paris 5 over printed Tete Jumeau

SFBJ 236 laughing Jumeau character doll, blue eyes with lashes,…

SFBJ 236 Jumeau Character Doll

SFBJ 236 laughing Jumeau character doll, blue eyes with lashes, open/closed mouth light brown mohair wig on jointed body 40 cm, marked SFBJ 236 Paris 6

SFBJ Princess Elizabeth Jumeau bisque doll, flirty blue eyes,…

Jumeau Princess Doll with Flirty Blue Eyes

SFBJ Princess Elizabeth Jumeau bisque doll, flirty blue eyes, closed mouth, brown hair wig on jointed body 44 cm, marked Unis France, 306, Jumeau, 1938, Paris wearing original yellow cotton gown

SFBJ Jumeau type bisque doll, blue sleeping eyes, pierced ears,…

SFBJ Jumeau Bisque Doll with Blue Eyes and Real Hair

SFBJ Jumeau type bisque doll, blue sleeping eyes, pierced ears, light brown real hair wig on jointed composition body 50 cm marked DEPOSE S.F.B.J. 8

French 16 inch bisque head doll (possibly Jumeau) with blue…

Bisque Doll with Blue Eyes and Jointed Body

French 16 inch bisque head doll (possibly Jumeau) with blue sleeping glass eyes and four teeth, no hair, jointed composition body and limbs wearing dress & bonnet

'Tete Jumeau' doll, porcelain head with composition body, 16…

Porcelain and Composition Doll, 16 inches

'Tete Jumeau' doll, porcelain head with composition body, 16 inches

Jumeau Bebe doll, open Mouth, red stamp to back of head 'Tete…

Jumeau Bebe Doll with Original Clothes and Accessories

Jumeau Bebe doll, open Mouth, red stamp to back of head 'Tete Jumeau', blue/grey paperweight eyes, pierced ears, one blue earring (one missing), blonde Mohair wig over corkpate, Jointed wood and composition body, stamped 'Bebe Jumeau', in original clothes…