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Name of Object:

Desk

Location:

Le Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Musée d’Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine de Kassar Saïd

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

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Wood, gold leaf

Provenance:

Palais de Kassar Saïd

Description:

This desk, an important object with great symbolic value, was offered by the Tunisian people to the great reforming minister, Khaireddine (Khayr al-Din) Pacha. The wooden desk is painted white, and a floral pattern decorates its drawers.

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Desk" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;31;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 031

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