Un siècle de céramique d'art en Tunisie, les fils de J. Chemla, Tunis. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 72

Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 72

This surprising bestiary "forcefully underlines how the animal has always provided human beings with an immense repertoire of signs and dreams" (Michel Pastoureau)

then on imperial dynamics

Resulting from the research of a large Franco-Tunisian team

Un siècle de céramique d'art en Tunisie, les fils de J. Chemla, Tunis. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 72Co published with Editions Dmter (Tunis), this richly illustrated book traces the history of an extraordinarily rich Mediterranean craft industry, along with the journey of a remarkable family. The "sons of Jacob Chemla" were a unique example of a Jewish company engaged in the production of artistic ceramics, an activity regularly practiced exclusively by Muslims since the Middle Ages. The Chemla revived it and permanently inscribed it in Tunisian art