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My Favorite Teddy - Artist Bear Michele Brown
with President Roosevelt Doll in his arm as his favorite"Teddy"
Limited European Edition 500 pieces
mohair plush, firm polyester filling, arms bendable
20966-7 40 cm 15.7 inches
Michele Brown
The artist Michele Brown, a native of Texas, started her career in 1989 as
a designer of collectible bears. She uses her extensive knowledge she acquired
as a New York fashion designer, to create her highly imaginative hand-made
teddy bears, which are dressed in elaborate fantasy costumes. Michele has
won numerous awards including the well-known Golden Teddy Award in 1996.
Today Michele Brown is recognized as one of the top five American teddy bear
artists.
How did the teddy bear receive its name?
The history of the teddy bear dates back to the beginning of this century. It was named after the U.S. President of that time, Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, because of a hunting event, which took place in the state of Mississippi. The President was called to Mississippi in November 1902, in order to mediate a border discrepancy between Mississippi and Louisiana. During his visit a bear hunt was organized for him, but his good luck was not with him that day. As a result, his fellow hunters took a young captured black bear and tied it to a tree. The President refused to shoot the tied up animal and spoke a memorable sentence: "Here I Draw the Line", which meant that his desire for hunting was not worth killing a helpless bear. The double meaning of this expression gave the American cartoonist Clifford Berryman an idea for a political cartoon, which focused on the border argument between both states. It shows how the President refused to shoot the small bear. The world-known cartoon was published on November 16, 1902, in the Washington Post with the heading "Drawing the Line in Mississippi". Clifford Berryman used the subject of the bear with the President in many of his cartoons, which were published in the United States. By doing this he delivered the idea for the most popular plush toy of all times. The political interest that was in conjunction with the hunting experience drew so much awareness in the public that this little drawn bear was soon called "Teddy's Bear". The demand for these "Teddy Bears" became tremendous and the history of the teddy bear began.
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