TWO LARGE POLYCHROME-PAINTED DUMMY-BOARDS

19TH CENTURY

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TWO LARGE POLYCHROME-PAINTED DUMMY-BOARDS
19th Century
Each cut out in the shape of a figure, one depicting a maid holding a broom, the other depicting a lady in a red dress and an embroidered long jacket, the reverse supports with later lead weights, some later back blocks and supports, distressed
The lady 65in. (165cm.) high; the maid 66in. (168cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

This pair of figures, one finely dressed and her working companion, symbolise Vanity and Industry and relate to a pair wearing costume of the mid-17th Century, formerly at Sutton Park, Kent and illustrated in C. Graham's Dummy Boards and Chimney Boards, Aylesbury, 1988, p. 13.

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