Abercrombie and Fitch Leather Bull Foot Stool attributed to Dimitri Omersa.

Abercrombie originally started the making of footstools with the leftover pigskin and leather from hand made suitcases. This was done by Old Bill until Dimitri Omersa took over the work after Bill retired .Dimitri Omersa had ideas for other animals.

His first new piece was an elephant, followed by the donkey and rhinoceros. In 1963 he entered his new donkey in the Californian State Fair and won a Gold medal .

The animals caught the eye of Abercrombie and Fitch, at that time a high end purveyor to the fantasies of the rich and famous. Liberty’s was skeptical of the rhino but it became a “best seller”. The animals held a place in the A&F catalog from the mid 1960’s through to the late 1980’s when the department store went into administration. In the UK, the animals were made exclusively for Liberty's of London until the mid 1970’s. Dimitri Omersa expanded the business beyond the UK and took the animals to North America. .

Dimitri Omersa passed away in 1975 and his wife Inge carried on producing the animals for a further 10 years. One of the earliest examples, in the form of a pig, was released by the London firm Liberty & Co. as early as 1927.

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Creator: Abercrombie & Fitch (Manufacturer)

Attributed to: Dimitri Omersa (Designer)

Dimensions: Height: 17.5 in (54.61 cm)Width: 23 in (71.12 cm)Depth: 12 in (43.18 cm)

Style: Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques: Leather

Place of Origin: England

Period: 1960-1969

Date of Manufacture: 1960-1969

Condition: Good, Repaired: one horn has been repaired. The tail is missing. some wear to leather and some stains. Minor losses.