The giraffe that conquered Paris: a unique collaboration between puppet companies in South Africa and Mali heads to the U.S.(SPECIAL SECTION: CULTURES IN PERIL)
American Theatre, May, 2005 by Asch, Leslee
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In 1827, the powerful image of a giraffe walking from Marseilles to Paris took France by storm. The first giraffe to be seen in Europe since the Renaissance was sent as a gift from Africa to the French king. It caused sufficient attention to create fashion imitations, including textiles and hairdos "a la Giraffe." And her solitary elegance, witnessed by a young Gustave Eiffel, is said to have inspired his famous tower, the very symbol of Paris.
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