A Mid-19thC German Life Size Articulated Seated Mannequin c.1860 poa-item Each of the nine remains

Each of the nine remains in good order as photographed with little spotting or spoiling

The frame is of the period and may be the original though one can see a smaller sight mark where he has been framed tighter at once stage

The wooden shaft carries an original silk tassel

designed to compete with

not only is this is a tactile and attractive pen

A Mid-19thC German Life Size Articulated Seated Mannequin c.1860 poa-item Each of the nine remainsOrigin: German Period: Mid 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 Height: 52 Width: 18 Depth: 37 (all approximate and at extremities) The rare life size articulated mannequin or stuffed lay figure with articulated beech?? arms and legs, wooden jointed under structure and papier mache legs with painted gesso surfaces, now distressed with age, the pressed card sectional torso with cotton stokinette, lacking the hands, surviving from mid nineteenth