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Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. Get the best deals on deans teddy bears when you shop the largest online selection at. Deans rag book co teddy bears shop for the widest range of deans rag book co and great prices your friendly high street bear store world of bears. Little ones will love helping bear move onto his next adventure. The first rag book was produced in 1902 and was so successful that the dean s ragbook company was formed on the back of this in 1903. However although it was registered on august 5th 1903 as a company, henry samuel dean had been using the 2 dogs l. However, their expertise in working with cloth, printing and patterns also led them to branch out into other enterprises such as making soft toys and cutout books. Pictured left is harry, the 2012 dean s club membership bear. We did regrettably lose the dressing gown but this was a bit of a pain to put on so no massive loss. From our origins in london in 1903, dean s have always been at the forefront of toy design and manufacture and were the first british company to produce teddy bears as early as 1915 as documented and probably even earlier from 1906. Deans bears a brief history of britains oldest teddy. A little dean s history after changes and collaborations, deans rag book co was born in 1903, exchanging paper for printed cotton childrens books. Harry is in fact the 18th member of the dean s collectors club. In 1903, 3000 of the earliest teddy bears were sent by ship from germany to america only for them to disappear.

Then in 1915 a gap in the market due to the war, madeway for deans to produce mohair soft toys and in 1922, they crafted their first premier bear. Everyone agrees that the teddy bear was invented in 1902, and is named after. Dean s rag book company was founded in august 1903 by henry samuel dean. The books were virtually indestructible, as illustrated by dean s trademark showing a bulldog and a terrier fighting over a read more. Deans rag book company producing unbranded bears as early as 1906. Originally set up to make rag books, deans soon diversified into rag sheets and soft toys, including teddy bears. Rags to riches history of the deans rag books, dolls. Deans rag books, or just dean s was founded in 1903 by henry samuel dean to produce rag books for children. Official deans rag book company shop at world of deans bears. They started to make unbranded bears in 1905 and labelled bears from 1915. While most people are familiar with steiff, chiltern and even beanie baby dean s rag book co made the first teddy bears in the uk. You move the teddy bear around into different places as you tell the story, and eventually, teddy. Rag books dean s didnt start out as a teddy bear maker. Deans produced their first catalogued teddy bears in their elephant and castle factory in 1915, and started producing a series of kapokstuffed, mohair plush toys.