Southdown Sheep Rug

The nourison sheepskin southdown accent rug available in 2 x 3 and 2 6 x 4 sizes is specially made to suit your elegant taste in interior design.

Southdown sheep rug. Herdwick sheep hail from the lake district. American southdown sheep forum has 1 471 members. Its fleece is close and is the finest of the british breeds. As you can see from the images they are organic and have the certification of each individual fleece printed on the back of each one ideal for baby baskets and as rugs draped over chairs or stools we clip our skins to a very short but extra soft pile especially good for baby cots and strollers all the fleeces.

Pure sheepskins from my own flock of sheep. Hand tanned southdown sheepskin rugs pure sheepskins from my own flock of sheep. A closer look at southdown. Southdown sheep are medium to.

Thrown over a chair or bench tucked into the arm of a sofa or placed by the bed to warm your toes sheepskins make us feel happier about the onset of chillier weather. There s something special about the softness and warmth of a sheepskin rug and the unique look of a cowhide rug. They re also naturally grey and each one of our herdwick rugs is beautifully patterned with varying and unique tones. This rug stretches the homemaker s imagination with its unique outline.

Southdown sheepskin rug 125 herdwick. This page was created to promote the american southdown breed encourage networking among southdown breeders and enthusiasts feature southdown sheep for sale and promote open transparent discussion about the southdown breed. Today the breed is popular among the small scale sheep breeders and raised mainly for meat production. Living on the mountainsides most of the year their fleeces are understandably thick and hardy.

The southdown is a small dual purpose english sheep raised primarily for meat. The southdown sheep society was formed in 1890. Read more information about this breed below. Our southdown rug stands out for its thickness softness and classic creamy colour which goes with everything.

Southdown breed of medium wool dark faced hornless sheep originating in the sussex hills of england the oldest of all british breeds of sheep it has an ideal body conformation for meat production. Hand tanned southdown sheepskin rugs. As you can see from the images they are organic and have the certification of each individual fleece printed on the back of each one. This rug effortlessly blends with other elements of your home decor.

Not to be confused with the olde english babydoll southdown sheep. This is a public group not associated with any registry or association. They re very practical too as both materials are naturally durable. But though white and of good quality the wool is short and the fleeces relatively light in weight.

The southdown breed was originally bred by john ellman of glynde near lewes east sussex about 200 years ago his work was continued by jonas webb of babraham in cambridgeshire who developed the larger animal of today.