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Garfield

Soft Toy
1981-1982 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A floppy soft toy cat of orange plush with black stripes. The head and body are large and the limbs short and loose but unjointed. The mouth and cheek area are white plush and the mouth itself a wide grinning line of black wool. The nose is an oval of pink plastic. The eyes are large circles of white plastic with black rims and raised black pupils set in a squint.There are tufts of black wool - three each on either side of the ears - denoting whiskers. Black wool has also been used to sew two claws on each of the four paws. There is a label sewn into the bottom back left seam, white with red sewn printing with an additional label inside, white with black printing. The head and paws are stuffed with synthetic material, the body with ground nutshells.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleGarfield (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Sewn and stuffed nylon plush
Brief description
Nylon plush soft toy, Garfield, made in Korea in 1981 or 1982
Physical description
A floppy soft toy cat of orange plush with black stripes. The head and body are large and the limbs short and loose but unjointed. The mouth and cheek area are white plush and the mouth itself a wide grinning line of black wool. The nose is an oval of pink plastic. The eyes are large circles of white plastic with black rims and raised black pupils set in a squint.There are tufts of black wool - three each on either side of the ears - denoting whiskers. Black wool has also been used to sew two claws on each of the four paws. There is a label sewn into the bottom back left seam, white with red sewn printing with an additional label inside, white with black printing. The head and paws are stuffed with synthetic material, the body with ground nutshells.
Dimensions
  • Maximum height: 24cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • GARFIELD: / ©1978, 1981 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC. / FUN FARM ® / SAN FRANCISCO, CA. / PRODUCT OF KOREA / PA REG. NO.118 / ALL NEW MATERIALS / CONTENTS: SHREDDED CLIPPINGS/ / GROUND NUTSHELLS (Textual information; label; sewing; thread)
  • 03.83.3 (inner label; printing)
Credit line
Given by Susan M. Smith
Object history
Given to the donor as a Christmas present
Collection
Accession number
B.275-2000

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Record createdNovember 8, 2000
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