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This mannequin head has never been on the market before. It was originally a gift to a milliner who worked at an exclusive hat shop in a Midwestern department store near Detroit and then handed down to her friend who later became an antiques dealer. The mannequin was used in a display case for several decades when it finally returned to the owner's home, where it was acquired for my personal collection for use in an upcoming book.
The head is hand-cast in a heavy plaster/mineral composite and beautifully hand-painted with a hairstyle which was considered the chicest of the time, platinum blonde. She has pencil thin eyebrows, spit curls, and a glowing suntan which characterized the look that represented the ideal woman of the time; dated to about 1929 through the early 1930s.
This millinery mannequin would have been used to display expensive hats such as those snug cloche styles that were coveted in Paris and New York.
The mannequin head is mounted onto a heavy, carved mahogany base which still features the screw hole where the stand was mounted when exhibited in window or countertop displays.
It measures to fit about 21.5 inches or 54.61 cm hat size and is 17.5 inches or 44.45 cm tall. For more information please go to: ca 1929 Plaster Composite Millinery Mannequin Bust
