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Here is Sequana, Mermaid doll, Ondine of the Seine.

Born enchantress, the Mermaid does not need a net to trap and drown the sailor, she sings and bewitches beyond the waves.

From her curse and her loneliness, she holds this never softened sadness and a spangled tear falls for eternity from her grey eye.

Made of recycled fabrics and laces, sewn and painted by hand, with frayed seams for a worn effect.

Hair in gray, blue, silver and beige ribbons, threads and wool.

Be careful, the fluffy wool hair, in particular; are not made to be styled because the wool frays and falls apart.

Hand painted face.

Her fishtail in bronze green jacquard and silver scaled vinyl is sewn with golden sequins and laces and ends nicely with a cascade of laces and ribbons.

Delicate fins on the sides of her tail in fine brown veil.

An excerpt from a musical score and an old photo of the Arc de Triomphe on aged tea dyed cotton recall the Seine that she haunts.

She sports a tiara of roughly stitched gold sequins, suggesting royal parentage, though her origins remain a mystery.

The fatality of its power of seduction is such that many drownings in the Seine over time have been passed off as suicides instead of being attributed to her.

Back in satin with black and white stripes and vinyl with silver scales.

Dominant tones: silver, ecru, beige, black, gold and gray.

Filling= anti-allergy and dust mite wadding.

DIMENSIONS

35 cm high approximately (without the tail)

about 15cm wide

Sequana is a decorative doll exclusively for adults and its various sewn elements are not suitable for children. Be careful, her fluffy wool hair, in particular; are not made to be styled because the wool frays and falls apart.

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