C. 1881 Rare Wire Dress Form Top Section (Presumed Hall Borchert Dress Form Co.) figurative basket and some bends in the

and some bends in the tin particularly on the tail

a little wear to the dark wood on the exterior sides of the tray (I have not touched it

I have searched and searched and found no others like these out there

so I'd guess this dates to around then

to be held in order to make the doll dance

C. 1881 Rare Wire Dress Form Top Section (Presumed Hall Borchert Dress Form Co.) figurative basket and some bends in theThis dress form is partial it would once have attached to a lower half to make a full body form; I've included a photo of a rare complete example at the end of photos. This top section is just right by me, though (much easier to manage and ship!), and I think is quite a striking sculptural thing with the potential to cast most excellent shadows! Quite a lot of effort invested in developing a form that could expand or contract to accommodate a range of