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Sleepy

Character Doll
1938-40 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Chad Valley Company Limited (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full length animated feature to be produced by Walt Disney. The British Chad Valley toy company was one of several who were licensed to make Disney proved to be extremely popular.

Object details

Categories
Dolls & Toys
Children & Childhood
Dolls
Soft Toys
Character Merchandise
Fairy Tales and Legends
Object type
Character doll
TitleSleepy (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Cloth, cotton, felt and metal
Cloth
Cotton (Textile)
Felt
Metal
Stitching
Moulded
Felting
Brief description
Soft toy Dwarf figure from Snow White & the Seven Dwarves, made in England by Chad Valley Co. Ltd. 1938-40
Physical description
The manufactured soft toy is Sleepy from the Snow White and the Seven dwarfs. The toy has a pressed felt mask face with painted blue eyes with black eyelashes, eyebrows and wrinkle lines. The toy has a red nose, lips and cheeks. A long white beard frames his face and is attached under the fuchsia hat. Sleepy is a stuffed toy with a cloth torso and gray trousers. He is dressed in a short-sleeve gray shirt which is belted at the waist with a fuchsia band. He wears a faded fuchsia-coloured felt hat and slippers. Sleepy is missing his belt buckle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 165mm
  • Width: 120mm
  • Depth: 50mm
length included hat
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Hygienic Toys Manufactured in England by Chad Valley Co. UK (Cloth label is located on front right side of torso)
  • sleepy (written on the right slipper in pen)
Subject depicted
Dwarfs
Association
Disney
Literary referenceSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Summary
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the fairy tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full length animated feature to be produced by Walt Disney. The British Chad Valley toy company was one of several who were licensed to make Disney proved to be extremely popular.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.11-2005

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Record createdSeptember 19, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O139332/sleepy-character-doll-chad-valley-company/
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