• Our cowhide patchwork rugs may beautify your home, and we're even more pleased to know that they're good for the environment.
• Rugs made from cowhide often have an eco-friendly component, which is appreciated in homes that value the environment.
• Our professional tanneries are able to recycle the hides from the meat industry and then transform them into beautiful cowhide patchwork rugs.

Cowhide rugs come from animals that have already been used in the meat industry, so we aren't adding to the global waste stream. Instead, we use the remains of animals used for food consumption. The leather portion on all of our cowhide rugs online is 100% natural. Natural sources and will eventually return to its natural state.

Is Cowhide humane or cruel?

• If you regard the killing of any animal as wrong then you will necessarily be opposed to the meat, dairy and leather industries. 
• In excess of 56 billion animals are slaughtered each year; the leather industry is a by-product of the meat industry, without which there would be catastrophic environmental pollution. 
• Whether or not animals are treated with cruelty depends on the legislation of individual countries, however, there is nothing inherently cruel about the use of Cowhide which comes from an animal which has been slaughtered for meat production or because its useful life as a dairy producer has reached an end.

What sizes are available?
Since  we weave the rug using small patches of leather, so we can customize your rug as per your requirement.
Note: Price vary as per size, contact for more details.

Durability:
Leather is an extremely durable material and Cowhide Rugs are no exception. Your Cowhide Rug is likely to last far longer than any other form of rug.

Do Cowhide Rugs lie flat?

• If your rug has been folded in transit, it may arrive with wrinkles.
• These can be removed by using a damp cloth and a hot iron on the leather side of the rug, ensuring that the iron is in continual movement.
• You can then turn the rug over and iron the damp cloth on the hair side, take care to protect your floor from damage by the iron and never leave a hot iron in one position.
• Thin cowhide is more likely to curl at the edges than thicker, good quality cowhide, this is sometimes known as ‘cigaring’. Lightly spray the affected area, both top and bottom, with water.
• Place an old towel or clean porous material, both top and bottom, then pile on some heavy books and leave overnight.

Do Cowhide Rugs smell?
As part of the curing and tanning process, any unpleasant odor will have been removed from your Cowhide Rug and it should smell pleasantly like any other leather product. If you have pets you may, over time, feel the need to freshen your rug, in which case use a powder that deodorizes and vacuum lightly.