Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville
Cleveland Museum of Art

Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville

Félix Bonfils (French, 1831–1885) · c. 1867–78

Albumen print from glass plate negative
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Many Westerners found the full veils worn by Muslim women in mid-nineteenth-century Beirut both fascinating and disturbing.

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