A Mid-19thC German Life Size Articulated Seated Mannequin c.1860 poa-item designed to compete with

designed to compete with

the whole on an aubergine maroon coloured velvet ground and framed within a Gothic lancet shaped ebonised ripple moulded niche pine frame

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There are various other small faults with each but they are all useable and there are no signs of woodworm

not only is this is a tactile and attractive pen

A Mid-19thC German Life Size Articulated Seated Mannequin c.1860 poa-item designed to compete withOrigin: German Period: Mid 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 Height: 52 Width: 18 Depth: 37 (all approximate and at extremities) The rare life size articulated mannequin or stuffed lay figure with articulated beech?? arms and legs, wooden jointed under structure and papier mache legs with painted gesso surfaces, now distressed with age, the pressed card sectional torso with cotton stokinette, lacking the hands, surviving from mid nineteenth