[1][2] She was born in Surbiton, the daughter of Edward Rhodes Cobb (1872–1965), a fur broker, and his wife Marion Murray née Thomson (1875–1971), and was educated at Roedean School.
Paul, born 1899 in Bolton, was from a Quaker family, and a graduate of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and then taught at Sidcot School.
[7] Eva Brück, Morgenstern's daughter, commented that Paul wanted to develop her father's ideas, to make and sell toys.
The following year he created a logo and children's alphabet for them; and in 1936 a toy shop at 94 Wimpole Street, as well as a design for their Tavistock Square apartment.
At the Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in 1937, the British Pavilion had a playroom by Goldfinger and the Abbatts.
[14] "Finished in primary colours, in simple shapes that stimulated a child's creative instincts, the Abbatts' products were almost Bauhaus toys.
[16] In the late 1950s the designer Ken Garland worked for the Abbatts for three years on their catalogue and graphics, before leaving with Edward Newmark to join Galt Toys.