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Soft toy lion cub
Margarete Steiff GmbH - Enlarge image
Soft toy lion cub
- Place of origin:
Germany (manufactured)
- Date:
ca. 1920 (manufactured)
- Artist/Maker:
Margarete Steiff GmbH (manufacturers)
- Materials and Techniques:
Stitched and stuffed mohair
- Credit Line:
Given by Nicholas Lucas
- Museum number:
B.79-2011
- Gallery location:
In Storage
The German company Steiff was founded in 1877 by Margarete Steiff. One of her nephews, Richard, was responsible for many of the early designs of the company's jointed animals. Richard was a talented artist and used to visit Stuttgart Zoo to sketch the animals. Steiff is particularly famous for its teddy bears. Richard designed the first jointed bear in 1902 and the design was perfected in 1905.