Andi Tenri Ajeng 
Many woolly vintage lambs are mohair, from goats. How collectors read wool labels, what the V&A’s 1950 Larry the Lamb reveals, how to date a newer lamb, and how to keep moths away.
Doll history traced through museum objects: Greek jointed clay figures, the 1690s Clapham dolls, an English fashion doll of 1748, Montanari wax, Jumeau bisque, Raggedy Ann’s 1915 patent, and Barbie.
From straw, felt, and printed cotton to mohair, wood wool, kapok, nylon, and foam, then to ASTM F963 and EU toy rules: how stuffed animals changed inside and out.
Margarete Steiff sewed the first commercial stuffed animal, a felt elephant, in 1880. Here is how her claim compares with the 1892 Tabby Cat patents and the 1903 Peter Rabbit doll.
Papyrus-stuffed dolls from Roman Egypt, Steiff’s felt elephant, printed cloth cats, plush bears, and washable postwar toys: the documented history of stuffed animals, with the dates sources still dispute.