Dolls and Dollhouses

Kathe Kruse toys for babies and toddlers are soft, colorful, child- appropriate and are made to enjoy healthy playing. They awaken curiosity, train senses and motor skills, teach the principle of cause and effect or are simply there to cuddle and love. In 1911 Kathe Kruse started making her beautiful handmade dolls for sale in her apartment in Berlin. The first order came from an American toy shop and Kathe Kruse employed a painter and several sewers to help her. Kathe Kruse wrote about that time in her autobiography: No chair, no table, no window sill was left free. There were dolls everywhere. Doll legs, doll arms and doll torsos. There were knitted dresses, crocheted dresses, finished and unfinished dresses and there were sewing patterns. I had to sort the dolls and count the dolls... Less