Danel & Cie 1889-1892 FRA

Danel & Cie 1889-1892 FRA

Danel & Cie a French doll company was founded by Messieurs Anatole Danel & Guépratte. Danel was a past director of the Jumeau doll company. The companies had factories across the street from one another. In 1890 Jumeau successfully sued Danel & Cie for copyright infringement. By 1892 Danel & Cie went out of business and Jumeau, probably as part of the settlement, renewed their Paris Bébé & Bébé Français trademarks and continued with their own production of the doll.

They are best know for their bisque socket head dolls, with paperweight eyes, feathered brows, pierced ears with wood & composition jointed bodies: Paris Bébé, Bébé Français & a black Bébé Français, all of which are high quality.

Danel & Cie used the Eiffel Tower trademark, Tété Déposé/Paris Bébé, or B # F as their marking. (The French term Bébé = dolly or baby faced doll).

Danel & Cie 1889-1892 FRA

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