Lafitte-Desirat Wax Fashion Doll

Description:

Lafitte-Desirat Wax Fashion Doll, France, 1912, the standing figure with molded wax head and neck, wearing a blue net cap with applied floral crown, a peach and purple silk dress with purple beaded buttons, and a white suede clutch and closed net parasol.

Provenance: Formerly property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Estimate $100-150


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