Unique Hand-Dyed, Spun, Felted Vintage Teddy Bear


Item Number: 130

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $325

Online Close: Apr 15, 2023 10:00 PM EDT

Bid History: 8 bids - Item Sold!




Description

Vintage collector's teddy bear. Featured in early 2000s teddy bear magazine. Top-notch fiber artist Anne McFeeters. Hand-dyed, hand-spun, and hand-felted in top quality worldwide angora and silk. Complex mix of pastel colors a bit hard to see in photos. Intricately sculpted showing jowls, eyelines, smile lines, toes,....Embellished with marble beads. Hidden felt backbone. 9" length and 5.75" sitting. Joyful facial expression. Information on bear, artist, and technique included with bear.

Special Instructions

Anne made more than one of each design bear but each is hand-done and so also OOAK. Her work is hard-to-find. Original price was between $325-350.

Donated by

Melissa Roberts