Name of Object:

Algerian Corkmaker [Paris Exhibition, 1878]

Name in original language:

Algerino che fabbrica tappi

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Central Library

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Date of Object:

1878

Description:

At the International Exhibition in Paris, 1878, commercial activities typical of the colony were performed in the park next to Trocadero Pavilion, as part of the reconstruction of a hypothetical typical neighbourhood. The making of cork-taps was moved from Europe to Algeria to take advantage from the numerous Algerian forests. Taps were both made by hand and by machines and were brought to Europe from Trocadero.

Type of Object

Photo from magazine

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878, p. 212

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "Algerian Corkmaker [Paris Exhibition, 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;201;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 059