Panel 4

Fellmongery in 1951 Through Some Figures...

ANNUAL IMPORT OF SHEEP SKINS: 48,000 tons,

representing 75% of the skins exported from major

livestock countries.

ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 45 factories producing 20,000

tons of washed wool, 1,700,000 dozen cuirots*

* fresh skin that has been dried and takes on the appearance,

to summarize, of parchment.

Photos extracted from the article published in France

Illustration magazine on May 12, 1951, and the book

"Les mille et une duites" by Alain Le Guehennec (1984).

Summary of the Expo

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