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Marie Antoinette
Born in 1755, Marie would grow up to
become a symbol of extreme extravagance. The daughter of the Empress of
Austria, Marie was married at age fifteen to the French dauphin Louis
XVI. In 1774 she became Queen of France when her husband inherited the
throne.
To ease the boredom of French royal
life and the marital neglect she suffered, Marie surrounded herself with
young friends and dove into a life of pleasure, hosting lavish parties
and theatrical events and wearing outrageously expensive gowns and
hairstyles. Scandals surrounded her activities, and her wild spending
was ruinous as the common people fell deeper and deeper into financial
despair.
Revolution soon followed and the royal
court was overthrown. Both Marie and her husband were tried for crimes
against their country. Although tried separately and months apart, they
were both were found guilty and sentenced to death. On October 16, 1793
the former Queen was hauled alone in a dilapidated cart to the scaffold
in Paris where she was beheaded by the guillotine.
About the Doll
The vinyl doll itself is
approx. 10"
tall with her severed head held in her hand fastened by a faux pearl
bracelet.
Marie's lavish springtime gown is made of
sky blue silk trimmed with wide white lace on the bodice. The overdress
is made from a shimmering spring green organza over a creamy satin
underskirt. The open panels of her dress are trimmed with ruffled
lace and faux pearls. A cluster of silk flowers adorns the waist.
Her face is hand-painted in a porcelain
tone with brightly colored lips, as was fashionable during the height of
her royal days, and her severed head wears a lavender-painted hat
decorated with faux pearls and feathers. Her clouded eyes peer from
beneath thinly painted eyebrows. The neck stump and above the shoulders
are both cut cleanly to resemble the wound inflicted by the guillotine.
This doll is available for sale.
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