Aleppo: Jewellers

Date: Twentieth century

Jean-Claude David notes that until recent times jewellers in Aleppo tended to be Christians or Jews. This confessional affiliation was also seen in some aspects of the manufacture and sale of textiles. See also: Silversmith; Goldsmith.

Citation: David, Jean-Claude, Alep (Paris: Flammarion, 2002), p. 233.