Name: Basic Esme
Made by and When: Robert Tonner, 1999
Material: Vinyl with jointed elbows and knees, paint, synthetic hair
Marks: (Head) Robert Tonner Doll Co.™; (lower back) Robert Tonner Doll Co.™ / 1999
Height: 16 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Long black straight rooted hair with bangs, brown-painted eyes, closed mouth with red lip color
Clothes: Basic Esme wears a red knit long-sleeved gold-buckle-enhanced belted dress, sheer nude pantyhose, black suede high-heeled pumps, and a gold dangle earring in the left ear. Accessories include black oval sunglasses, a black clutch, a doll stand, a hang tag, a brown portfolio-shaped Tyler Wentworth cardstock brochure, and a Robert Tonner Collector’s Club application.
Other: As 16-inch fashion dolls rose in popularity from the late 1990s to the early 2000s, several doll companies and artists introduced collectible 16-inch dolls. Basic Esme, style #20815, is the debut of the only Black doll in Tonner’s Tyler Wentworth Collection. Several other Esme dolls followed in this 16-inch fashion doll collection.
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