French Papier-Mâché Large Vintage Teddy Bear Sculpture - Armature for Design of fantasy and/or landscape appliqué. Papier-Mâche throughout history has been used to create inspirational and inspiring as well as adventurous objects. Warrior helmets in Imperial China, where paper itself was first used, to death masks in ancient Egypt, to luxury étagéres in the Middle and Far East and Europe as alternatives to plaster. Papier-Mâché has entertained civilizations from Mexico\'s imaginative creative works to the first early racing sculls in the 1870s which were made of papier-mâché in New York and sold world-wide by the Waters Paper Boat Factory of Troy New York. In harsher modern times the material was used as combat decoys during fighting wars. Ted here, is perfect as he is for entertainment at 23 Inches tall. However a more creative type might wish to use him as an armature formore elaborate expression. He is new, never used, although he is 24 years old. He belonged to a husband who was a philosophy professor and who loved him dearly. Please be sure to give him a loving home.
Decorate Him for Christmas !
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