An Early 20thc French Boudoir Doll c.1920-30 sub-Architectural & Garden Thereafter

Thereafter

this appealing cooking vessel come planter is now a superb decorative item

the central shield with a fleur-de-lys (for Florence

and his stock fetched high prices

This type of craft has roots in the Renaissance with trompe-l'œil and probably first crafted with concrete using an iron armature by garden craftsmen in France called "rocailleurs" using common iron materials: rods

An Early 20thc French Boudoir Doll c.1920-30 sub-Architectural & Garden ThereafterOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1920 30Height: 18Width: 5Depth: 2. 5 (all at extremities)The early twentieth century boudoir doll having a suede body and suede covered papier mache head with painted features, wearing her original pink and white silk dress with sky blue banding to gold painted stilettoes, her silk braided golden hair in the typical 1920s headphone style, surviving from the first quarter of the twentieth