Hand Painted Cow Hide

A cow, reconsidered as a tiger.

This hand painted cow hide is a contemporary piece by Eccentric Luxuries for Primitive. People have covered their floors with animal hides for about as long as they have had floors, and painting one turns a practical rug into a piece of decoration in its own right. Long diagonal stripes of dark brown, caramel and cream run edge to edge across the full, irregular outline of the skin. Each band looks freely brushed, with feathered edges. It measures 104 inches wide and 92 long.

The cow would have been surprised.