Edwin Willard Deming Signed Bear Couple Small Sculpture Addison Miznersee with the horsehair woven through

with the horsehair woven through what seems likely to be linen cloth (visible just above the scalloped edge of the pink cloth)

It is a fairly delicate piece in good antique condition

letting the rest of the design fade back into invisibility

and a really satisfying and substantial one

Edwin Willard Deming Signed Bear Couple Small Sculpture Addison Miznersee with the horsehair woven throughThe connection between these two little bears is about the most tender thing I can imagine, expressed across every inch of this small sculpture, from the expressions on their faces, to the wrapped arms, to their lined up little toes! The piece is by Edwin Willard Deming (18601942), an artist best known for his depiction of scenes of Native Americans in the Southwestern U. S, among whom he lived for a part of each year for most of his life, and by whom