Shown is one of six color engravings from the first years of La Poupée Modele. gradually eliminated the glaze on his doll heads which resulted in a smooth, hard bisque and lent itself well to the subtly shaded colors of the painting producing a very pale rosy complexion. The realistic look of these heads greatly appealed to Barrois as he recognized their marketability. He even developed a non-patented rotating system for doll heads inspired by the patents of Rohmer and Cruchet and much like the one patented by Mademoiselle Huret. This was his own design and became a characteristic in the mobile busts he commercialized. With all these innovations his business was growing. In society Eugene Barrois loved people. He was a very sociable and likable man known for his honesty and he soon surrounded himself with peers and artists in the doll community. He admired and befriended such notables as Jules Nicolas Steiner and Marie Emmanuel Cruchet through whom he met several young sculptors. It was in consultation with these budding artists that he arranged to have various models of differing faces sculpted. The best sculpts were registered and this led to a wide variety of ethnic and unique doll heads in his line of products. As a result, he became the leader in the field of wholesale production of doll parts and it was at this point that heads and shoulder plates were marked with "E.B." or "E depose B" to distinguish their maker. With Blampoix as his chief competitor, Barrois began to expand and accumulate an impressive customer base, including doll makers Bru, Jumeau and Gaultier. Barrois sold scores of both marked and unmarked heads during his career as well as a variety of other doll making supplies. He excelled in quality and catered to his customers' requests, filling orders individually. He was not to be surpassed until his death in 1874. 16 WINTER 2018