Caption
Two unknown Tunisian children in front of an unknown woman weaving a carpet, Tunisia - fabricante de tapis, photomechanical print, Part of a cover with 49 plates., inscription: 'Exposition Universelle D'Anvers 1894', photographer: Charles Bernhoeft, Antwerp, cliché maker: Charles Bernhoeft, Luxembourg (city), c. 1894, Charles Bernhoeft, photographer, cliché maker, printer (person), paper, collotype, photoprint, height 215 mm x width 153 mm, child (at home), Asiatic races and peoples (with NAME), tapestry weaver, gobelin maker, world fair, world exhibition, World Exhibition 1894 (Antwerp), Period, 1894, A woven vertical loom fills the upper background with thin vertical threads and horizontal wooden rods, and a partially completed striped textile hangs from it; in front of the loom two children sit on the ground holding a painted tall ceramic object, the child on the left wearing a headscarf and layered clothing with lace cuffs and holding a small tambourine-like instrument, the child on the right wearing a cap with a tassel and loose garments while looking toward the ceramic object; to the right behind the loom a person’s face is visible through the threads near a vertical wooden post, and piles of folded cloth and ropes are visible around the seated children on a textured ground.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B09_138
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50.5Mb (6.9Mb) / 11.7in x 16.7in / 3522 x 5013 (300dpi)