A POLYCHROME-DECORATED DUMMYBOARD FIGURE

19TH CENTURY

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A POLYCHROME-DECORATED DUMMYBOARD FIGURE
19th Century
In the form of a girl in a green dress trimmed with lace, with a white veil and red satin gloves, on a spreading rectangular base
14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 40 in. (102 cm.) high

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A similarly dressed figure at Pallant House, Chichester belongs to a group of three children, whose history can be traced back to the 18th Century (C. Graham, Dummy Boards and Chimney Boards, Aylesbury, 1988, p. 20).

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