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Name of Object:

Inside a Jewish household

Location:

La Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Institut Supérieur d’Histoire Contemporaine de la Tunisie

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, La Manouba, Tunis

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper

Description:

This copy of a beautiful watercolour by Charles Lallemand shows the inside of a bourgeois Jewish household. This snapshot of daily life reveals a great deal of similarity between Jewish and Muslim traditional dress and interiors.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

Tunis au XIXe Siècle: Aquarelles et Textes de Charles Lallemand, Apollonia, 2001.

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Inside a Jewish household" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;95;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 101

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