Evocative Much Used Antique Wooden Milliner's Head Form poppy Signed and dated 1998

Signed and dated 1998

Sold as I found it in a gilded wood frame

just the way I like it

first in England and then New England

Cards measure 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" ea

Evocative Much Used Antique Wooden Milliner's Head Form poppy Signed and dated 1998One sees great old hat forms around from time to time, but it's these head shaped ones carved from one piece of wood I'm interested in, the most singular in their patinas acquired through use the better. I love the way the grain of the wood enhances the form the of the head and outlines the face, especially, and on this one how much wear there is the front of the face itself, almost as if it had been willfully marred. Most of all I love the patch of