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A woman with composition head, character like face with smiling expression, brown glass eyes, leather eyelids, brunette mohair wig, carton torso and legs, composition hand is arranged in seated pose on metal chair. She wears rose silk gown with lace trim, shawl, collar and elaborate coiffe of the Normandy region. She holds a tatting form and wooden spools on her lap. Movements: she nods her head up and down, the eyelids blink, and her hands move up and down as though tatting, the movement enhanced by realistically posed fingers. By Roullet et Decamps, France, circa 1900. 26" (66 cm). Three movements. One tune. Exhibit: Bagatelle,Paris,1993.