A Mid-19thC German Life Size Articulated Seated Mannequin c.1860 poa-item being two opposing pilasters either

being two opposing pilasters either directly alongside the grate or positioned further away as part of the overall composition panelling (see comparable photographs of Billesley Manor)

not only is this is a tactile and attractive pen

to a watch if you scored 15 points

the whole on an aubergine maroon coloured velvet ground and framed within a Gothic lancet shaped ebonised ripple moulded niche pine frame

the work presented unframed and indistinctly signed and dated to 1927 lower right

A Mid-19thC German Life Size Articulated Seated Mannequin c.1860 poa-item being two opposing pilasters eitherOrigin: 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