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French Teddy Bears
French Teddy Bears It was not until 1919 that the first mohair Teddy Bear came from France. This Teddy Bear was produced by a company called Pintel. Marcel Pintel first began producing stuffed toys (les jouets bourres) for his Father’s firm in Paris in 1913. The first ‘Pintel’ Teddies, however, were infact rather delicate, firmly [...]