American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts

Provenance:

A Private Maryland collection.

presents well, with a nice rich surface commensurate with age; the articulated joints move easily; retains all fingers and toes, with some minor occasional scuffs or areas of rubbing along edges; overall with some mends commensurate with age and honest use over time, including the following: the back of both bottom edges of legs (at ankles) with mends- the left-facing foot with cleat repair to split, the right-facing foot with glued break; the front of left-facing leg with patched and cleat repairs along split; the back of torso with some mild splitting; with rectangular patch to front of torso, center of back, and to right-facing shoulder; mended repair to front of left-facing calf above jointed knee; left-facing elbow and right-facing hip joint with glued repair, and left-facing wrist with a small area of loss along edge

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