Patchwork Cowhide Rugs: A Wholesale Buyer’s Guide to Construction and QC

A patchwork cowhide rug is assembled from cut hide panels — strips or squares of hair-on cowhide hand-stitched into a flat rectangular rug. Wholesale buyers should spec it as a construction product: panel size, seam and thread, backing, edging, and a panel-level marks policy — because the quality conversation is about stitching, not hide selection. […]