Figure
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Shell, Wood
Measurements
279 mm (H)
Place of origin
St Malo
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338117.2
Summary
One of a pair of French shell figures from St Malo of two women in national costume. Thr dresses formed and decorated with strips of pink and black shells and yellow aprons, wearing a shell headdress. On circular wooden stands.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.