#vintagealgeria
Algeria. Portrait of an Algerian Jewish woman from Tlemcen, born in 1893, wearing a traditional velvet embroidered dress and Ghlila, Benguigui Arrouas family - 1915.
Woman carrying an Algerian flag during a demonstration, Hassiba Ben Bouali street, Algiers - January, 1991.
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Donation of H. Khedoud, whom we thank warmly ✨️
Former Algerian president Houari Boumediene receiving King Hassan II of Morocco in Tlemcen, northern west Algeria - 1970/1972.
Algeria. Cheb Khaled in Belleville district, Paris - 1991.
Guy Le Querrec.
Studio portrait of an Algerian woman wearing traditional jewelry, Algiers - 1880.
صورة لمرأة ترتدي المجوهرات الجزائرية العاصمية، ١٨٨٠.
Woman from Ouled Nail tribe wearing a traditional headdress, Touggourt, Algeria - 1904.
Algerian woman from Toggourt wearing Naili headdress and jewelry, 1905.
صورة لمرأة من تڨرت بمجوهراتها النايلة، ١٩٠٥
Louis Voinot.
Studio portrait of a woman dressed in a traditional karakou made of velvet and embroidered with golden yarns. She is also wearing Seroual Mdewar which is mainly made of a silky fabric.
The attire is accessorized with a frontal diadem called خيط الروح and several hairpins رعاشات. She is wearing a well known fish-shaped necklace named خيط الحوت and another one made of pearls, Algiers - 1880/1899.
Roland Bonaparte.
Algeria.Traditional hairpin from Algiers called “ Raacha”.
Men sitting in a café, Constantine, late 19th century.
Men and little boys enjoying some dates given in honor of Brahim, a boy who got circumcised in Douar Tadjmout, 1935.
Portrait of Naili woman in traditional dress and jewelry - 1912/1914.
Lucien Tignol.
Amazigh Chaoui men and women celebrating the circumcision of a young boy, Douar Tadjmout - July, 1936.
Jacques Faublée.
Sfenj [Algerian doughnut], Zlabiya and Kalb el louz seller in the Casbah of Algiers - October, 1962.
بائع السفنج والزلابية وقلب اللوز في قصبة الجزائر العاصمة، ١٩٦٢.
Celebration of the Prophet Mawlid in Tlemcen - 1910/1920.
In the background, there’s Sidi Abdallah Ben Mansour tomb at Ain El Hout.
A stucco panel from the medieval city of Sedrata, in the Algerian Sahara - 1880/1910.
Algeria. Naili women from Touggourt in traditional dresses and jewelry, september 1904.
Louis Voinot.
Algeria. Traditional hooded jacket made of wool, 1870/1899.
Painting of François Auguste Biard, 1846.
Studio portrait of a woman dressed in traditional embroidered Karakou and jewelry, 1860s.
Algerian items exhibited in the Musée de l'Homme, Paris, 1963.
[1] : A long velvet Kaftan worn on top of a Ghlila Djabadouli made also with velvet and both embroidered with golden threads.
Algerian women used to wear their Kaftans in a very distinctive way in comparaison of other North African women. Indeed, they were generally worn with a velvet vest.
[2] : Chechia made of velvet and embellished with golden and silver embroidery. it is worn all over Algeria with different and various attires.
[3] : Traditional sleeveless Ghlila made of a very known fabric back then in Algeria called El Khemkha. It has also a typical Algerian embroidery pattern العوينات
[4] : Traditional Frimla embroidered with golden yarns.
[5] : Another type of Frimla made up of cotton, velvet and silk.
[6] : Traditional belt called Arbi/Dziri made out of cotton and silk and weaved with golden yarns.
