{"id":38465,"date":"2013-08-07T10:39:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T10:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/homeguide\/michael-hailiard-creates-a-range-of-exotic-furniture-from-animal-parts\/"},"modified":"2013-08-07T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T10:39:46","slug":"michael-hailiard-creates-a-range-of-exotic-furniture-from-animal-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/homeguide\/michael-hailiard-creates-a-range-of-exotic-furniture-from-animal-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Hailiard creates a range of exotic furniture from animal parts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.45em\">Way back in the Victorian era when eco-tourism was born and<br \/>\nthe epitome of worldliness and culture was traveling to distant places and<br \/>\nbrining home furniture and items seemingly made using dead or hunted exotic<br \/>\nanimals. Thankfully, the tastes of that era did not carry over into the 20<\/span><sup>th<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.45em\"><br \/>\ncentury though it seems like the passion for animal-inspired furniture isn\u2019t dead<br \/>\nand gone just yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1_85r5q1.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A good example of this love of luxury \u201cexotic\u201d furniture is<br \/>\nthe latest collection created by designer Michel Hailiard. The French illustrator,<br \/>\nsculptor, painter, director, writer, furniture designer and graphic artist who apparently<br \/>\nthinks that the epitome of luxury is marked by the hides of dead beings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/2_yyqzs.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p>The furious looking range is very symbolic of what luxury<br \/>\ncould have meant for a now 60+ year old artist who grew up in France during an<br \/>\nera when animal skin clothing and furniture was considered very glamorous and<br \/>\nmarked the tastes of a higher class. This preference for the over the top and<br \/>\ntheatrical is evident throughout the range too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/3_hbj6l.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p>Hailiard, however, claims that his collection is aimed at<br \/>\nprovoking a primal instinct in man to go hunting though we highly doubt that<br \/>\nbarbarians or early man killed animals just to make furniture out of them!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4_2tdcr.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<p>That being said, the entire collection is very gothic and<br \/>\nuses tusks, tails, horns and hides of multiple animals along with natural fur, bronze,<br \/>\nsilver and wood elements. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/6_udbhq.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not quite sure that the range would go down well with<br \/>\nPETA activists though for folks who do not mind being surrounded by parts that<br \/>\nformerly were a part an animal\u2019s corpse, the range could a be a great addition<br \/>\nto the d\u00e9cor of their homes in the country or on haunted hills!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hometone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/5_ykwcy.jpg\" style=\"cursor: default\"><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in the Victorian era when eco-tourism was born and<br \/>\nthe epitome of worldliness and culture was traveling to distant places and<br \/>\nbrining home furniture and items seemingly made using dead or hunted exotic<br \/>\nanimals. 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