Almost all children see their forebears as their ideals and copy figures. In short, children do what the adults do. This is true for almost everything, including child rearing, for which reason dolls were invented originally. So when baby perambulators became popular, it is not surprising then that doll prams were to follow suit one way or another.Perambulators have long been in use: evidence has recorded that the Greeks used a pram with two wheels when the 'glory that was Greece' was at its heyday. Since then, baby strollers have been used in one form, style and manner or another everywhere. Sometime after 1650, children's carriages started to be used by the aristocracy, and the Third Duke of Devonshire had a gilded baby carriage conceptualized by the English architect William Kent.No one knows when exactly doll prams started to be popular, though between 1853 and 1880, a worker in the Frampton Pram Factory probably made one for his child. Doll prams are, after all, logical development of the doll culture.A doll pram, just like its bigger version, serves a few uses to its user. For one, it makes toting the toy baby easier, whether for ease or for display. In other words, a doll pram helps the child to easily bring her doll with her. And of course, a fine doll pram also makes a good reason for a child to be proud of the doll itself. As a gift, a doll carriage complements the doll, and stimulates the parental caring instinct being enhanced by playing with dolls.Known doll pram manufacturersThe Internet indicates the number of doll pram manufacturers, importers and exports to be about three million worldwide, many of them from China. However, below are a few of the more recognized makers and a little history of each.Chicco. This is a part of the much bigger firm Artsana from Italy and has branches in more than 100 countries, with the branches for manufacturing, distribution and sales. Chicco makes toys, safety equipment, cosmetics, feeding bottles, pacifiers, feeding plates and apparel for babies, toddlers and juveniles. Chicco USA, an American subsidiary, sells furniture, toys and accessories for children of almost all ages. Car seats, strollers, high chairs, backpack carriers, ride-on and dolls as well as doll accessories, feeding kits, breast pumps, pacifiers and many other items are retailed by Chicco USA. The company was founded in 1958. 'Chicco' is pronounced "KEE-ko" not "CHEE-ko".Silver Cross is a maker of baby carriages in Britain and is famous for its four-wheel baby carriages in wood with strong suspension. It was created by William Wilson, a Leeds postman, in 1877 to make perambulators, the erstwhile label for baby carriages, with unique features liketake-down sun bonnets. The company grew enough to require additional space 20 years after, and was granted a royal warrant before the founder died in 1913. The company continued under his three sons, and moved to bigger quarters in Guiseley in 1936. Zapf Creation. Zapf Creation AG started in 1932 as Max Zapf Puppen-und Spielwarenfabrik, (Max Zapf Dolls and Playware Factory). It makes, distributes and promotes baby products to Europe, the Americas, and Asia|Australia through its branches under BABY born, Baby Annabell, and CHOU CHOU brands. The company is based in Roedental, Germany.BRIO's history originated in Sweden when in 1884 basket-maker Ivar Bengtsson sold toys. Previous to that Ivar was making baskets, and buying and selling other items. By 1907 the venture was prospering much, that Ivar gave the management to his sons Victor, Anton and Emil. BRIO was officially esaablished the next year when it was named Broderma Ivarsson Osby (Brothers Ivarsson Osby). Today BRIO is a global corporation, and the most famous in wooden toys. BRIO can boast of hundreds of toys in its catalog, still planned in Osby and manufactured in wood.
By: Bob Harris
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