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20" (51 cm.) Arranged upon a wooden oak platform with chamfered edging,is a spindled wooden kitchen chair upon which is seated an elderly man,his head of paper-mache with brown glass eyes,articulated eyelids,sculpted wrinkles,white mohair wig and wire-framed spectacles that rest low on his somewhat bulbous nose. On his carton torso he wears original velvet waistcoat with matching fez trimmed with velour tassels,black woolen pants,and white shirt. His black shoes are carved wood,and his fitted stockings accentuate his muscular calves. In his well-shaped hands he holds a leather shoe,and a wooden-handled cast iron hammer. Movements. His forearms move independently as he vigorously tacks the heel onto the shoe he is holding in a perfectly synchronized motion. Meanwhile he nods his head up and down,his eyelids blinking,and as the motion slows down,he appears to be nodding off for a short snooze. Adolf Mueller,Germany,circa 1898. Examples of his work appear in the 19th century catalog of Ernst Holzweissig of Leipzig.