Two wax figures in female and bridal traditional costumes from Hardanger, Norway

The photograph of two wax figures created by the sculptor Carl August Söderman (1835-1907), dressed in traditional costumes from Hardanger, Norway. The figures presents a bridesmaid (?) (in the left) and the bride (in the right) in the crown. These sculptures were exhibited at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867, in the Swedish and Norwegian sections. The photograph is taken against a backdrop of a plain screen or wall. On the floor the plate on which the dolls are standing can be seen. The photograph is black and white, hand-colored, and mounted on the branded passe-partout of the Eurenius & Quist studio. Across the bottom edge of the front part of the passe-partout, there are inscriptions 'C.A. Söderman, Skulpt.' and ‘Brud frän Hardanger (Norge)’. Anastasia Lishnevskaya