21" WASPWAIST ! Fab Antique Vtg 1880 FRENCH BLACK MANNEQUIN DUMMY OOHLALA PARIS

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A fabulous antique vintage 1880 French Napoleon III/ Victorian era TRUE waspwaist mannequin with generous bust, hips and buttocks and a tiny teenie wasp waist, hardly 21" !!! (53cm ). See the cutting and adjustement work on photo 10 !!!
All covered with its  fine black cotton original lining, ebonized turned armdiscs and top finial. The ebonized foot is also the original and can be adjusted with a butterfly screw. Minor and antique woodworm that was treated
Exquisite petite size corresponding to the women's fashion standards of the era...
Approx. total height as photographed : 61" (155cm)
The body itself with wooden finial is  31"H (78cm H)
The foot encroachment (diameter on the ground) at the base is around 20" (empiètement au sol = 50cm)
EXCELLENT ANTIQUE CONDITION with VERY MINOR SIGNS OF USE (small tears, unstitching as shown) COMMENSURATE WITH AGE, LIKELY TO BE DATED 1875-80, A MUSEUM PIECE, ALL ORIGINAL AND UNTOUCHED !!! I HAVE ALSO THE SAME IN NATURAL LINEN...
GORGEOUS SHABBY CHIC APPEAL, PERFECT "AS IS" or FOR DISPLAYING ANTIQUE CLOTHES, SCARVES, JEWELS, for PHOTO SHOOTING...  For COLLECTOR, OFFICE, SHOP, SEAMSTRESS's ATELIER...
A SHABBYLICIOUS AIR OF FADED GRANDEUR
in any Jeanne d'Arc Living/French Nordic/ JDL SPIRIT / GOTHIC ENVIRONMENT HOME or BOUDOIR  DECOR..
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