A Scarce Early 20thC French Ballerina Boudoir Doll c.1920-30

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A Scarce Early 20thC French Ballerina Boudoir Doll c.1920-30Origin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 30 Height: 22 Width: 7. 5 Depth: 3. 25 (all at extremities) The rare early twentieth century boudoir doll poised in first position with a straw stuffed suede body and suede covered papier mache head with painted features, wearing a faux pearl necklace and her original silk ballet dress and lace up shoes, her silk braided golden hair in the typical 1920s headphone style, surviving

with one section absent from the left arm

The serpentine group are greenish

” This stamp with Charles Davy at 83 Newman St dates the picture to between 1843-62 and the same stamp can also be found on a Copy after Michael Dahl

fix a pose at will

as they would be discarded when no longer needed

It doesn’t appear to be marked or signed

Effortlessly handsome

beautifully made and as relevant today as it was sixty years ago

The artistic imitation of grains in various media is similar to faux bois and this chair is an extension to that idea but we have never seen a piece that is imitating wickerwork in this way before

The good quality patinated bronze and brass table or floor lamp modelled as a large flowered Queen of the Night (Selenicereus grandifloras) cactus

open mouthed in distress

What is certain is that this table would have been part of the daily life in the same room for decades at which the user could either stand at or sit at on a high stool

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