Caption
Tunisia, Carpet Manufacturer, Two children playing in front of a woman behind a loom in the Tunisian section of the Antwerp World Exhibition in 1894, Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1894, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Charles Bernhoeft, Antwerp, clichémaker: Charles Bernhoeft, Luxembourg (Belgian province), 1894, Charles Bernhoeft, photographer, clichémaker, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 215 mm x width 153 mm, tambourine, child, drum (musical instrument), world fair, world exhibition, weaving-loom (women (labourers)), World Exhibition 1894 (Antwerp), Period, 1894-05-05 - 1894-11-05, A woven vertical warp and horizontal rods fill the upper background, with a striped woven textile hanging across the middle; a child peeks through the warp at the right, hand grasping a rod, headscarf visible; in the foreground two children sit on the ground beside a tall painted wooden object, one child wearing a headscarf and layered clothing holding a shallow bowl and a tambourine-like object, the other wearing a cap and loose garment looking toward the first child; fabric, rope, and woven materials surround them on the ground and a wooden post is visible at the right edge.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B05_028
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36.2Mb (8.3Mb) / 10.0in x 14.1in / 3005 x 4216 (300dpi)