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Textile Design Conversational Animal Skins France, 1842, RP cotton chintz, HFYG D250 01

Title: Textile Design Conversational Animal Skins France, 1842, RP cotton chintz, HFYG D250_01
Design Library Classification: Conversational
Design Library Sub-classification: Animal Skins
Media Type Textile Design
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Creator(s): Unknown
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Contributor: Design Library
Country France
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Publication Date: 1842
Image Description: France, 1842, RP cotton chintz

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"ANIMAL-SKIN PRINTS date from the early nineteenth century, when Napoleon brought back to Paris real hides collected on his expedition to North Africa. His campaign tent sported a faux leopardskin carpet. At first these images of exotic pelts appeared only as patterns on rugs and other home furnishings; to wear one would probably have been thought outrageous. In the twentieth century, however, animal skins began to appear on clothing, almost exclusively in fashions for women. The two most common kinds - big cats and snakes - have become perennial favorites. The look is primal, savage, and exotic, the message wild and sexy. More recently, with the increasing awareness of ecology and animal rights, many view the wearing of real fur as barbaric, and the fake has become even more fashionable."

Source: Design Library