#149

French Mannequin with Wooden Shoes and Articulated Hands in Blue Silk Costume
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$2,500
sold
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Description
40" (102 cm.) The muslin-covered torso of slender older child has carved wooden lower legs and feet styled as though wearing painted black boots with button closures,with wooden arms articulated at the shoulders,elbows and wrists,and having fully-articulated wooden fingers with double jointing. Condition: generally excellent,one wood separation at right ankle. Comments: French,circa 1875. Value Points: wonderful articulation of the early mannequin which is wearing antique blue silk Marquis costume.