Margarete Steiff
Inventor
1847 – 1909
Who was Margarete Steiff?
Margarete Steiff, was a seamstress who in 1880 founded Margarete Steiff GmbH, making toy stuffed animals.
Born in Giengen, Germany she used a wheelchair, due to polio she contracted as a baby. She started making stuffed animals as a hobby.
These toys began as elephants, which were originally a design Steiff found in a magazine and originally sold as pincushions to her friends. However, children began playing with them, and in the years following she went on to design many other successful animal-themed toys for children, such as dogs, cats and pigs. She designed and made most of the prototypes herself.
She died of pneumonia in Giengen.
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- Born
- Jul 24, 1847
Giengen - Also known as
- Margarete Steiff GmbH
- Маргарета Штайф
- Маргарете Штайф
- 瑪格麗特・史黛芙
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Died
- May 9, 1909
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on July 23, 2013
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