SOCIETY'S NEW TOY FAD.
CARAK D'ARCHE, BULLDOGS.
The toys of.Oaran D'Ache, the brilliant French caricaturist, which have been the vogue m Paris for some time, have come to London, where they have gained iiistantaneous success. . ■
The charm of the Caran D'Ache toys lies m their humor. .. { They- represent animals carved out of -wood*, made to stand tip. and coloured m flat tints. (Each animal has an individuality ol its owny and Caran D'Ache like all great artists, has managed to put expression into' an eatf or a tail. * . =:'
\ paran I>'Ache made them, iii fche first place foi\ his own amusement, /but when under doctors, orders he was forbidden to draw any more* he took up the art of wood-carying 6eridusly, , and instead of making caricatures in' pen and ink, he maide them of , wood, and no French society lady is fully equipped without a Oaran D 'Ache 'terrier or poodle. M. Barriere, at whoso, establishment, "Un Cain de Franoe en Angleierre," - ; m Green-street, Leicester-square, the toys are now beinff exhibited, told an Express iepsentative that London society :has Deep, buying the toys lately. A . particularly ferocious/looking "bulldog with protruding teeth; for instance, is a favourite bridge mascot,, and. dozens of "'.this design have been sold
lie joys of "Teddy Bears" seem, to fade before, the gladsome Caran JD'Aclie terrier, which lias iribveable ears and an expression of -wonderful fid«lity\on ! ita face, while no baby-^whether grown .tip or otherwise— coxdd resist the winning smile of the amiable Caran D'Ache lion on wheels. ■ i
The artist is hard at work at .present on a model of Kjrig Edward shooting grouse,, the original of which will.be sent to His Majesty. Wood pictures of other crowned -heads are also m preparation. '«*','■> The prices range from 26 6d to 10s 6d and each toy is signed by Caran D'Ache.'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11116, 2 November 1907, Page 1 (Supplement)
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