"Chinchilla" was created originally as a fashion illustration for Harper's Bazaar in 1924. The chinchilla fur coat was very popular with nobles and quite costly. Chinchillas were brought to North America in the 1920s to be bred in captivity and flourished in the fur trade. A more inexpensive way to incorporate chinchilla fur into an outfit was to trim the outfit with the fur, as is seen in Erté's bronze sculpture.

"Chinchilla" is a Sculpture sized at 8 x 9 1/4 x 21 1/2 - inches and cast in bronze using the lost wax process.