Neé Manteau

(Literally translated from the French, Neé Manteau means born a coat.)

These four bears all started out in life as the same vicuna coat.  The first was Mrs. Glane, the imaginary playmate of a little girl.  All the others were created from the left-overs of the Mrs. Glane, project.

All four of these bears were made from the same vicuna coat.  Mrs. Glane and Mrs. Manville's stoles were made from a mink collar, but not the collar from the vicuna coat.  All the sparklies on Mrs. Glane came from the jewelry box of the woman who owned the vicuna coat.  The garnets on Madison were purchased specially for this project.  Belle and Mrs. Manville got their jewels from broken pieces in my jewelry box.  The beads and lace appliquéd on Belle and Madison were harvested from a Victorian Blouse.

Curly

This bear is made from a loopy wool coat I found in a thrift shop.  His paw pads, inner ears and snout are all made from brown suede.  Unlike his more stylish relatives above, this bear has a green chiffon ribbon as his sole adornment.