Algerian women in traditional dress
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826689
Item data
Title
Algerian women in traditional dress
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Costume -- Regional -- Algerian
Names
Brandin (Lithographer)
Firmin-Didot (Firm) (Printer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1876 - 1888
Place: Paris
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC COSTU-Reg-Al
Subjects
Algerians -- Clothing & dress
Pottery -- Algeria
Turbans -- Algeria
Women -- Clothing & dress -- Algeria
Children -- Clothing & dress -- Algeria
Girls -- Algeria
Mandolins
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "Brandin lith" "Imp. Firmin Didot Cie. Paris"--lettered on bottom border.
Source Note: Le costume historique : types principaux du vĂȘtement et de la parure, rapprochis de ceux de l'intĂ©rieur de l'habitation dans tous les temps et chez tous les peuples. (Paris : Firmin-Didot, 1876-1888) Racinet, A. (Auguste) (1825-1893), Author.
Physical Description
Chromolithographs
Extent: sheet 20 x 16 cm (7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Cut on upper right corner.
"Africa" "Afrique" "Afrika"--lettered on top border.
Abstract
"Algeria : 1-5. Desert women. Each tribe wears different dress ; 6. Girl from the mountain region with water vase ; 7. Woman dressed in plain clothing carrying bundle ; 8. City woman middle class ; 9. Girl from Constantinople holding a large mandolin."--typewritten label beneath image.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17122855
Barcode: 33333159269576
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9d12db60-c54b-012f-f639-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1876
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1876 - 1888). Algerian women in traditional dress Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d12db60-c54b-012f-f639-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Algerian women in traditional dress" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9d12db60-c54b-012f-f639-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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