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A French papier mâché polychrome wig-makers' or milliners' marotte, circa 1880
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A French papier mâché polychrome wig-makers' or milliners' marotte, circa 1880

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A French papier mâché polychrome wig-makers' or milliners' marotte, circa 1880
on later ebonised stand -- 12in. (30.5cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Robert Young, Folk Art, Mitchell Beazley, 1999.
For similar examples see page 69.

Wigmaker's and milliner's used mannequin heads for display in the window and on the shop counter. French marottes were generally composed of papier-mâché and decorated in a naturalistic mode. Conversely, English examples were created from solid elm and generally found simply carved.