19th Century All-Wooden Fully Articulated Figure with Sculpted Hair

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13" (33 cm.) The all-wooden doll has sculpted swivel head with defined facial features and curly short hair, shapely torso with ball-swivel at the waist, elongated limbs with dowel jointing at the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, defined toes and fingers. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: mid-19th century, the classic artist's mannequin form with extra details of facial and hair carving; the classic mannequin was the inspiration for the deposed wooden poupee body of Bru, and in this instance the face of the mannequin is highly similar to Bru's depose smiling poupee. Value Points: rare and historically important figure in doll history.