purple and white dress and hat
NEW SERIES OF DRESSING DOLLS, DARLING GLADYS, ARTISTIC SERIES 23, U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20 TH, 1894
please refer to the book COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS BY BLAIR & MARGARET WHITTON for a very complete listing. On page 80 they discuss this series but do not have DARLING MARGERY-ARTISTIC SERIES 20 or DARLING GLADYS (same doll and outfits as MURIEL but the boxes are marked as GLADYS). It consists of four different sets, DARLING MARGERY-ARTISTIC SERIES 20 (dresses are full length). DARLING HILDA-ARTISTIC SERIES 21 (dresses are ankle length), DARLING EDITH-ARTISTIC SERIES 22 (dresses are ankle length), and DARLING MURIEL-ARTISTIC SERIES 23 (dresses are knee length), . each set comes in a white folder with her name and an image of the doll in one of her costumes on the top cover., DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD Published in Britain with the PATENT NO. 23003, and in America with the U.S. PATENT FEBRUARY 20 TH, 1894 but Whitton only identifies the American ones.
purple and white dress and hat
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purple dress with white jacket over top. jacket has purple lining and ruffles at sleeves, dress and jacket are knee length, hat is purple with white ribbon and two purple feather plumes. gloves and stockings are tan brown with small purple shoes
DESIGNED BY MARGUERITE MCDONALD
4 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. dress, 4 x 2 1/2 in. hat