#206

Grand-Sized Wooden Artist-Mannequin Doll
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$600
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Description
33" (84 cm.) The all-wooden hand-carved doll depicting a woman,with sculpted hair bun,sculpted facial features,has swivel-head,shapely bosom,dowel-articulation at the shoulders,elbows,wrists,hips,knees and ankles,and ball-swivel waist. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: the artist-mannequin model doll was used throughout the 19th century,and the body style was the inspiration for the deposed wooden-body poupee of Leon Casimir Bru. Value Points: fine natural finish,a rare grand-size example.