Very Old Carved Wooden Doll Scale Dress Form with Fantastic Patina of Use wooden crate with label He looks a bit like

He looks a bit like a gangster to me

though I couldn't 100% guarantee it

and it appears that Joseph took great pleasure detailing the dress

Sturdy and stable

Relatively newly backed with brown paper and wired for hanging

Very Old Carved Wooden Doll Scale Dress Form with Fantastic Patina of Use wooden crate with label He looks a bit likeI don't buy much online these days as I really prefer the thrill of going out and digging for things myself, but this one I bought from online seller in Ohio, and think is quite extraordinary. It's an antique, hand carved dress form that would have been used by a tailor either making fine doll clothes or perhaps doll scale sample garments and quite a busy tailor they must have been as there are pin pricks all over it, especially down the front for