$1,896
Papier-mache Milliner's Model with a Silk Hat, probably France, early 19th century bust-length model with painted facial features, hair, and dress bodice, applied kidskin cap with padded back, wearing a green and white woven windowpane pattern silk hat with wire framework, lined with pink silk and tied with pink silk ribbons, (paint loss, cracks), model ht. 15 1/2 in. Cracks and small losses to crown of head, paint /gesso losses on nose, scattered paint losses on face and body.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14