Late 19th century mannequin

Mannequin of the late 19th century.
Articulated wood.
Measurements: 50 x 12 cm.

Wooden mannequin with well defined facial features. It has a rotating head, well formed torso with rotating waist and articulated shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles. Defined fingers and toes.

The artist's mannequin appeared in commercial catalogs as early as the 18th century and remained in continuous production for over a century. Its style, in fact, was the inspiration for the wooden doll body deposed by Leon Casimir Bru in 1867.