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The text notes that chamois leather originated from the Alpine antelope but now mainly comes from sheep and other animals. It mentions the Morris dance as an obsolete English dance of Moorish origin, popularized during Henry VII's era. William Morris founded Kelmscott Press six years before his death, producing books with his own decorative bindings. Gabriel Rossetti, son of an Italian exile, was born in London in 1828.
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