Louis Nichole Bears
To quote from Page 36 of the 1986 House of Nisbet catalogue :
"House of Nisbet salutes The House of Louis Nichole with six bears who pay tribute to the earlier elegance, opulence and grandeur captured in the superb lace designs and fantasy moods created by Louis Nichole, many of which first appeared in The White House during the term of President Carter.
Honiton and Nottingham are sisters, and Tiverton is their cousin. They are named after the three lacemaking towns in England.
The large bears are 14" and fully jointed. Measured by dress length, Honiton and Tiverton are 33", whilst Nottingham is 26".
The baby models are 10" bears jointed only at the neck.
We acknowledge the kind permission of Louis Nichole to make these bears during 1986 for worldwide distribution."
Louis Nichole has been described by the American press as "master craftsman, designer, singer/songwriter, landscape arctitect, photographer, author, and raconteur extraordinaire".
News
21st September 2023
Important Announcement
My dear wife, Christine, passed away on the 8th December, 2021, after 8 weeks in hospital. I was by her side, when she slipped away from me peacefully, with no pain or suffering.
Chris had been struggling with a slow decline in health, associated with a progressive, untreatable, and ultimately terminal lung disease, and finally succumbed to her old adversary, Pneumonia.
We had been friends for 55 years, together as a couple for 50 years, and married just a month short of 48 years, when she died.
This website was Chris's idea, and I did all the technical stuff, to make it work. After news of Chris's passing reached her close friends in the doll collecting world, I was deeply touched and gratified to hear their tributes to my dear wife, and I must thank them all for their kindness and support. Ultimately, it was her doll friends that gave me the courage to continue with the website.
In the months before her eventual hospitalisation, Chris had outlined a number of additions and changes she wanted to make to the website, and it is my intention to honour those wishes, and to implement the changes we had considered, over the coming weeks and months.
I must apologise to all those who have written to us via the website, only to have your emails go unanswered. Unfortunately, the email system had been hacked aroung the time Chris was going into hospital, and many emails must have been lost, as a result.
As you might imagine, I felt completely broken by Chris's loss, and it is only now, almost 22 months after her passing, that I have felt strong enough to even look at the website again.
My aim is to continue with the website, and to implement Chris's aims for her many new ideas as soon as I can. In the meantime, I have hopefully got the email system sorted out, and I will attempt to answer any enquiries as soon as I can, and to send replies with the same high degree of accuracy that a reply from Chris would have had.
From now on, I will be flying solo, whilst my co-pilot and guide will be soaring much higher, (though she is always in my heart, and in my thoughts).
My thanks to all our website visitors for your continued support
Dave (also known as Arthur), and Chris, (my lost love, Guinevere)
Christine Poulten
25th December 1949 - 8th December 2021
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