Hand Painted Cow Hide

Some cows have patterns. This one has had help.

This hand painted cow hide is contemporary, from Eccentric Luxuries for Primitive. Hides have covered floors for as long as people have kept cattle, because they are durable and easily laid flat, and painting one turns a practical object into a piece of decoration. The ground is a soft brown, the natural outline of the animal kept intact along its edges. Dark bursts radiate out from near the center, like cracks or sun rays, breaking up as they reach the margins. A small hole sits at one side. It measures 102 inches by 65.

The cow would not recognize itself.