Patent leather... once made from beetles!

[tweedydon]

I've outlined a brief account of this intriguing leather over on my FB page, here:

https://www.facebook.com/waterhollo...Fkll3UBOw8wPAuxJ9D6vGSrS6SXAK53&__tn__=,O,P-R

 

[Guppy]

Stitching together enough beetle hides to make even a pair of shoes must have been extremely tedious and required great skill.

 

[Will Zach]

Stitching together enough beetle hides to make even a pair of shoes must have been extremely tedious and required great skill.

Particularly on April 1.