A Unique Folk Art Gesso Pine & Papier-Mâché Half-Size Articulated Figure of a Human Skeleton c.1900-20 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews picking out food from under

picking out food from under stones

and has been used in chorea

This chair is one of their very earliest examples and is very similar to those made at the Glenister factory nearby in High Wycombe

In the lower left corner are also two imprimatur stamps

Depth: 10 inches (with horns)

A Unique Folk Art Gesso Pine & Papier-Mâché Half-Size Articulated Figure of a Human Skeleton c.1900-20 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews picking out food from underOrigin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 20 Height: 47 Width: 10 Depth: 5 The unique early 20th century folk art half size skeleton, at almost four feet high, having jointed limbs, the whole hand crafted in gesso and papier mch over softwood, for theatrical (puppet), medical or artistic purposes and terminating in a painted knop hanging finial, surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century England. The skeleton is in