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OMERSA Rhinoceros-shaped animal pouffe, sheathed...

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OMERSA Rhinoceros-shaped animal pouffe, sheathed in patinated brown leather, with internal straw padding. Circa 1970 (Wear and stains) Height 31 cm - Length 66 cm - Width 22 cm An animal-shaped footstool in leather-covered straw (Wear and stains). 12 1/4 x 26 x 8 5/8 in. HISTORY : In the 1930s, Liberty & Co. presented a leather-covered, pig-shaped footstool in its London boutique. Omersa rediscovered the model and resumed production in the 1960s, adding his own creations. His first animal was an elephant. Abercrombie & Fitch resumed retailing leather animal poufs in the USA in the 1990s.