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Miniature Pelt Rug, Fairy Castle

Specifications

Miniature Pelt Rug, Fairy Castle

Category

Art, Architecture, and Design

Classification

CHENHALL - Furnishings - Floor Coverings - Rug - Rug, Pelt
CHENHALL - Communication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts - Sculpture - Miniature

Object Origin
Date Created:

1928-1935

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Miniature rug, resembling the pelt of a polar bear. Object consists of ermine fur and mouse tooth.

Materials:

fur

tooth

Measurements: Object:
    Length: 7 in, Width: 7.75 in
    Weight: 0.095 lbs

Credit

Gift of Colleen Moore, 49.129.104

Display Status

On Exhibit

Miniature Pelt Rug, Fairy Castle

About: Miniature Pelt Rug, Fairy Castle

About: Miniature Pelt Rug, Fairy Castle

While this looks like a polar bear rug, it was made by a taxidermist from ermine (a species of weasel). The “bear’s” teeth came from a mouse. The inspiration for this “rug” came from the Russian fairy tale that inspired the décor of the Prince’s Bedroom in the Fairy Castle. The Prince’s Bedroom is cast in bronze and the theme of the carvings on the bed and chairs is of Little Czar Saltar, an 1831 fairy tale by Russian author Alexander Pushkin. The walls are painted in Russian blue and the perforated ceiling is shaped like a canopy supported by pillars and decorated with animals and plants. The bed is carved from walnut and painted, and possessions of the Prince can be found throughout. Moore may have imagined the Prince as a descendant of a Russian czar.

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