Algerian Pirates
Unknown Maker
Within a grid made up of a curving vine of fruits and flowers, an alternation of two scenes, each captioned in French. 'Les Pirates Algeriens' showing two young female goatherds being captured by five men in a boat while in the distance men run to their rescue, ' Un bazar d'escales a Alger' (A slave sale in Algeria) showing showing Europeans being sold in the slave market. In red on white.
Credit: Bequest of Elinor Merrell
early 19th century
Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave
1995-50-157-a,b
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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