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The Pink Lady: A Catskill Legend

The Pink Lady: A Catskill Legend

The Pink Lady: A Catskill Legend

 

The Pink Lady –

The Pink Lady: A Catskill Legend
The Pink Lady: a Catskill Legend. The ca 1900 dry fly & cocktail.

Ever wonder how a historic dry fly & vintage cocktail can become entwined because of history?  It was a pleasure to research and write an article for the new woman’s fly fishing publication DUN Magazine, therefore – read on about these famous sisters from different misters!

https://getdunmag.com/posts/the-pink-lady-a-catskill-legend?

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Bring the Wild Inside: The Safari Lifestyle

safari lifestyle vignette

 

 

Bring the Wild Inside: Safari Lifestyle

 

Since January is the time for all the huge Safari Expositions across the country I thought we would revisit a post I did for the Women’s Outdoor News on how to Bring the Wild Inside with Safari Lifestyle!  You can read my full post at the WON archives: http://www.womensoutdoornews.com/2015/06/tips-from-rita-schimpff-on-the-art-of-the-safari-lifestyle

The following vignette I made from vintage family sporting memorabilia, books and letters, it was used by Safari Club International for convention advertising.

safari lifestyle vignette
vintage safari vignette by Rita Schimpff for Heritage Game Mounts

 

 

Rita Schimpff of Heritage Game Mounts next to 'Tusk' by John Banovich at convention
Rita Schimpff of Heritage Game Mounts next to ‘Tusk’ by John Banovich at convention

 

 

 

African Antler Display by Heritage Game Mounts
African Animals displayed with natural linen and an ornate panel of oak leaves & acorns – all by Heritage Game Mounts
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Hunting Lodges that Inspire

Stack stone fireplace at Trinchera Ranch - fabulous taxidermy

Hunting Lodges that Inspire

Lodges that inspire more than the Hunt

Be it Fin, Feather or Fur – I think the decor of a hunting lodge should be as inspiring as the hunt!

Stack stone fireplace at Trinchera Ranch - fabulous taxidermy
Stack stone fireplace at Trinchera Ranch – fabulous taxidermy in Colorado

We are over at the Women’s Outdoor News with a new post:

http://www.womensoutdoornews.com/2015/09/how-to-lodge-decor-to-inspire-the-hunt

Antique sporting art inspires the colors for this handsome room at Mississippi's Longleaf Plantation
Antique sporting art inspires the colors for this handsome room at Mississippi’s Longleaf Plantation
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Victorian Taxidermy – Fit For a Queen

Victorian Taxidermy -Queen_Victoria, John Brown and 'Fyvie' ,_photographed_by_George_Washington_Wilson_(1863)

 Victorian Taxidermy becomes Fashionable

Teddy Roosevelt and other big game hunters began to commission Victorian taxidermists to preserve their trophies artfully
Teddy Roosevelt and other big game hunters began to commission Victorian taxidermists to preserve their trophies artfully

Victorian Taxidermy came alive during the Victorian Era (1837-1901) when wealthy hunters, like Teddy Roosevelt, began to commission taxidermists such as Roland Ward to preserve their trophies for their fashionable libraries and sitting rooms.

Victorian horse hoof silver inkwell ca 1878 at the Cantor Arts Center- Stanford University
Victorian horse hoof silver inkwell ca 1878 at the Cantor Arts Center- Stanford University

Trusty pets were honored in functional items of taxidermy to be placed among the sterling & cut glass.

Read more about how anthropomorphic taxidermy started a fashion trend on our post over at the Women’s Outdoor News

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