This automaton features the figure of ironing girl standing behind a small table, mounted on rectangular wooden base with beveled corners, covered in red velvet and resting on four turned feet. When the spring is wound and the mechanism is activated, a melody plays: the girl raises and lowers a chemise over the tabletop, turns her head left and right, tilts it up and down, and moves an iron back and forth over the chemise with her right hand to simulate ironing, repeating these movements to the musical accompaniment

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