Bing Brothers Art Doll Co. - Dolls 1882-1932 German

The Bing Brothers Art Doll Company (1882-1932) was founded by Gebrüder Bing, was also called Bing Werke & the Bing Wolfe Corporation.  During World War I this was the only toy factory in Nuremberg, Germany that did not close.

They are best known for their fabric art dolls which competed with Käthe Kruse & Lenci dolls, Bing used the trademark of Bing Beauty Art Dolls or Bing Beauty Baby plus others.  By 1928 the Bing Brothers Art Doll Co. had become a large corporation that included 31 subsidiaries, one of whom was the Louis Wolf & Company (1870-1928) which produced bisque head character dolls with the L. W. & Co. marking and used the trademark of Excelsior.   Kestner also used the trade name of Excelsior on dolls sold through Butler brothers.

John Bing Company - 1900's-1928 held the American & Canadian rights for the Bing Art Dolls.  They also acted as an agent for Kämmer & Reinhardt, Heinrich Handwerck and probably other German doll manufacturers.  In 1928 Max Bing took over the operation and it became part of the Bing Wolf Corporation conglomerate.

Bing Kunstlerpuppen und Stoff-Spielwarengesellschaft - 1921-1932, made fabric art dolls, they are so much like the Kathe Kruse dolls that she claimed they infringed on her copyright, they were also incorporated into the Bing Art doll conglomerate.  In 1932 the Bing conglomerate filed for bankruptcy.

Bing Brothers Art Doll Co. - Dolls 1882-1932 German

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