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These
nostalgic paper mache
figuerines are from
Marolin, the Richard
Mahr company, which was
founded in the 1900 by
Richard Mahr in his
parents' home in the
town of Steinach,
Thuringia. Like many
family craft businesses
then and now, the house
was both a residence and
a workshop. His Marolin
paper mache figures
became known worldwide
until World War II
stopped the
production.
The
family lost control of
the business to the East
German government from
1949 to 1990. In the
1970s, the original
family paper mache
recipe was lost. By
chance, workers found
the formula written on a
cellar door in
1990.
Today,
Richard Mahr's
granddaughter, Evelyn
Forkel, and her son
Christopher operate the
family company, molding
classic Germany paper
mache figures, many of
them in her
grandfather's molds from
more than 100 years
ago.
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