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Name of Object:

Organ Made in Tunis by the Italian Firm Cesare Trionfo and Exhibited in Milan

Name in original language:

Organo costruito a Tunisi dalla Ditta Cesare Trionfo ed esposto a Milano

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

Italian Geographical Society (SGI)

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Holding Institution (original language):

Società Geografica Italiana (SGI)

Date of Object:

1906

Description:

Cesare Trionfo was a child when he migrated with his family to Tunisia from Livorno in 1855. He became a trader, and in 1886 he started trading musical instruments. In Tunis, he later also started a shop that made musical instruments such as this organ. Trionfo promoted the construction of the theatre Politeama Roissini, which he co-owned.
This organ was exhibited in Milan for the 1906 international exhibition. The organ is a traditional Italian musical instrument. This one has decorative elements taken from Arab architecture.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

Comitato della Camera italiana di commercio ed arti, Gli italiani in Tunisia, Tunis, 1906, p. 197.

Citation of this web page:

Giulia Barrera "Organ Made in Tunis by the Italian Firm Cesare Trionfo and Exhibited in Milan" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;8;en

Prepared by: Giulia Barrera
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT1 008

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