Aleppo: Textile Manufacturers

Date: 1909

Photograph (J_059) taken by Gertrude Bell in 1909 shows lengths of dyed fabric hanging from the roof and balcony of the interior of Khan al-Wazir in Aleppo. It is not clear whether this material was manufactured on or near this site, though it seems probable. A second photograph of the same date (J_061) shows lengths of fabric hanging from the roof on the exterior façade of the same building.

Citation: Gertrude Bell Archive. Photograph: J_059 (“Wazir Khan [Caravanserai – Khan al-Wazir – interior of courtyard surrounded by two stories of rooms. Intricately carved decoration on walls and around windows. Man standing on balcony, lengths of fabric hanging from roof and balcony]”).

http://gertrudebell.ncl.ac.uk/photo_details.php?photo_id=2648

(last consulted: 11 January 2017)

Gertrude Bell Archive. Photograph: J_061 (“Wazir Khan [Caravanserai – Khan al-Wazir – interior of courtyard surrounded by two stories of rooms. Intricately carved decoration on walls and around windows. People in courtyard, including European woman (possibly Madame Koch), lengths of fabric hanging from roof and balcony]”).

http://gertrudebell.ncl.ac.uk/photo_details.php?photo_id=2650

(last consulted: 11 January 2017)