Comments on: Design Dilemma: Cowhide — Or Not? http://www.homedesignfind.com/how-to-tips-advice/design-dilemma-cowhide-or-not/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:37:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Martina DeWaard http://www.homedesignfind.com/how-to-tips-advice/design-dilemma-cowhide-or-not/#comment-140760 Martina DeWaard Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:53:59 +0000 http://www.homedesignfind.com/?p=9102#comment-140760 One large factor in regards to price is where the hide was processed. Brazilian hides are generally recognized as being the highest quality - no chemical smell leftover from the tanning process, less likely for the edges to curl. I've had a <a href="http://www-brazilian-cowhides.com>Brazilian cowhide rug</a> in my bedroom for 5 years now and I can vouch for the quality, just as soft and supple as the day I got it. One large factor in regards to price is where the hide was processed. Brazilian hides are generally recognized as being the highest quality – no chemical smell leftover from the tanning process, less likely for the edges to curl. I've had a <a href="http://www-brazilian-cowhides.com>Brazilian cowhide rug</a> in my bedroom for 5 years now and I can vouch for the quality, just as soft and supple as the day I got it.

]]> By: Mfundi Vundla http://www.homedesignfind.com/how-to-tips-advice/design-dilemma-cowhide-or-not/#comment-17455 Mfundi Vundla Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:19 +0000 http://www.homedesignfind.com/?p=9102#comment-17455 cow hide has always served as floor cover in African hoseholds from time immemorial to the present. In addition it functions as clothing, Among the Swazi people of southern Africa the dead are covered in cowhide and then buried. Sometimes the cowhide of a cow covers the buried casket. A friend of mine makes sculptures from cowhide. So you see cow hide is indeed whether its the in thing or the out thing, it always has been with us. Those of us not consumed by concrete. cow hide has always served as floor cover in African hoseholds from time immemorial to the present. In addition it functions as clothing, Among the Swazi people of southern Africa the dead are covered in cowhide and then buried. Sometimes the cowhide of a cow covers the buried casket.

A friend of mine makes sculptures from cowhide. So you see cow hide is indeed whether its the in thing or the out thing, it always has been with us. Those of us not consumed by concrete.

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