A great percentage of children make their forebears as their idols and copy figures. In short, what parents do, children tend to duplicate. This applies to almost everything, including child care, for which reason plaything babies were created in the first place. So when baby perambulators were made, it is not surprising then that doll prams were to follow suit one way or another. Perambulators have long been in use: evidence has shown that the Greeks used a pram with two wheels when the 'glory that was Greece' was at its peak. Since then, baby perambulators have been used in one form, style and manner or another all over the world. Sometime after 1650, children's prams started to be used by the elite, and the Third Duke of Devonshire had a adorned baby carriage conceptualized by the English architect William Kent. No one can determine when exactly carriages for dolls started to be popular, though between 1853 and 1880, a worker in the Frampton Pram Factory probably made one for his child. Doll prams are, after all, natural extensions of playing with dolls. A doll pram, just like its larger version, serves a few uses to its user. For one, it makes playing with the toy baby easier, whether for ease or for display. In other words, a doll pram helps the child to easily bring her plaything to where she wants to go. And of course, a beautiful doll stroller also adds a good reason for a child to be proud of the plaything itself. As a gift, a doll pram complements the plaything, and stimulates the parental caring instinct being enhanced by playing with dolls. Known doll pram manufacturers The Web lists the number of doll pram manufacturers, importers and exports to be about three million all over the world, many of them from China. However, below are a few of the more recognized makers and a little history of each. Chicco. This is a part of the multinational firm Artsana of Italy and present in more than 100 countries, with the subsidiaries for manufacturing, distribution and sales. Chicco makes toys, safety equipment, cosmetics, nursing items and apparel for babies, toddlers and juveniles. Chicco USA, an American subsidiary, sells furniture, toys and accessories for children of almost all ages. Car seats, strollers, high chairs, backpack carriers, ride-on and dolls as well as doll accessories, feeding kits, breast pumps, pacifiers and many other items are retailed by Chicco USA. The company was founded in 1958. 'Chicco' is pronounced "KEE-ko" not "CHEE-ko". Silver Cross is a manufacturer of wheeled baby transport in Britain and is famous for its four-wheel strollers in wood with strong suspension. It was founded by William Wilson, a mailman in Leeds, in 1877 to make perambulators, the erstwhile label for baby strollers, with unique features likefoldable hoods. The company grew enough to require additional space 20 years after, and was granted a royal warrant before the founder died in 1913. The company continued under his three sons, and moved to bigger quarters in Guiseley in 1936. Zapf Creation. Zapf Creation AG started in 1932 as Max Zapf Puppen-und Spielwarenfabrik, (Max Zapf Dolls and Playware Factory). It makes, distributes and promotes baby things to Europe, the Americas, and Asia

Australia through its associate firms under BABY born, Baby Annabell, and CHOU CHOU brands. The company is based in Roedental, Germany. BRIO's story started in Sweden when in 1884 basket-maker Ivar Bengtsson made toys. Previous to that Ivar was weaving baskets, and buying and selling other items. By 1907 the company was expanding, that Ivar transferred the management to his sons Victor, Anton and Emil. BRIO was officially esaablished the next year when it was named Broderma Ivarsson Osby (Brothers Ivarsson Osby). Today BRIO is a multinational venture, and the best known in wooden toys. BRIO can boast of hundreds of toys in its catalog, still conceived in Osby and made of wood. The author runs a website that caters for people looking for Dolls Prams and has a page dedicated to silver cross dolls prams. so visit to find the perfect dolls pram.