An Early 19thC Life-Size Articulated Lay Figure Mannequin Attributed to Paul Huot c.1800 sub-Religion & Relics yet contemplative glare and he

yet contemplative glare and he is sombre in face

Painted labels such as these were eventually phased out and replaced with labels under glass (LUG) later in the century so as to stop the abrasion of the labels themselves

mischievous boy in the throes of undressing himself

the people from the Hezhen ethnic group in northeast China are known as “the fish-skin tribe” because their clothes were made from large fish skins

There is some very sporadic old worm to a few small areas

An Early 19thC Life-Size Articulated Lay Figure Mannequin Attributed to Paul Huot c.1800 sub-Religion & Relics yet contemplative glare and heOrigin: FrenchPeriod: EmpireProvenance: John Barnicoat, artist (1924 2013). Head of Falmouth School of Art 1972 76Date: c. 1800Height: 62Width: 16Depth: 7. 5 (all approximate and at extremities)The very rare life size articulated mannequin or stuffed lay figure with polychrome painted papier mch head and articulated wooden fingers with kid gloves, wooden and metal jointed under structure and limbs with cotton stockinette stuffed sectional torso being