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Name of Object:

Kitchen of the Algerian Coffee Shop, at the Trocadero [Paris Exhibition 1878]

Name in original language:

La cucina del Caffè Algerino, al Trocadero

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Central Library

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Date of Object:

1878

Description:

Within the International Exhibition in Paris, 1878, commercial activities typical of the colony were performed in the park next to Trocadero Pavilion. The scene shows the practice of making unfiltered coffee inside a kitchen decorated with majolicas, part of the reconstruction of a hypothetical neighbourhood in Algeria.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878, p. 108

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "Kitchen of the Algerian Coffee Shop, at the Trocadero [Paris Exhibition 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;203;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 061

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