GIANT SILK TRIANGLE
STEEPLE CHASE BY VIRGINIE JAMIN
REF: H572918S
01 BO/NOIR/ROUGE H/VERT
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03 OB/CIEL/ORANGE/ANTHRACITE
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13 GB/MARINE/GOLD/MASTIC
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The story behind
According to popular legend, steeple-chasing was born in Ireland, in the eighteenth century. Two riders, each eager to prove the unmatched quality of his horse, decided to compete in a race across country. The pair chose two prominent church towers to mark the start and finish of their course, over four miles, from one steeple to the next, tackling every possible obstacle along the way – hedges and fences, ditches, stone walls and streams. Only in the nineteenth century did races of this type receive official recognition in England, in the county of Bedfordshire. Inspired by the tough challenge of the steeple-chase, Virginie Jamin sets a host of jockeys and mounts racing around the borders of her carré, poised to gallop through the graphic, central circuit, like pieces in a colourful board game.