Western European Sculpture

Biedermeier lady

    Biedermeier lady

    Germany, Berlin

    Circa 1920

    Preiss Ferdinand

    Ivory, wood, onyx (base); carving, polishing

    Hight 22 cm

    Signature «F. Preiss»

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    The lady’s dress refers to Biedermeier fashion: a closed silhouette, bonnet and broad skirt create a nineteenth-century image viewed from the following century. The dark wooden skirt forms the main volume, against which the pale ivory face and hands stand out. The figure is mounted on a rectangular onyx base.

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    1925MC1593/ИЗО