- Beautiful furniture has always been a sign of distinction in all societies. And Algerian society of yesteryear didn't break the rule.

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- Boxes incrusted with geometrical patterns, polychrome shelves, mirrors bordered with a frame skillfully made by a cabinetmaker.

- This sparkling object, majestic and magic, placed in front of a door or a window, where one could see everyday situations of the courtyard.

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- Before, thanks to the mirror we could see everything that happened in the courtyard without moving.

- And on the little shelves we put decorative objects to embellish the room.

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- Not forgetting of course the canopy bed, fully made of golden or silvered wrought iron, that was the major piece of Algerian luxury.

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- I find it magnificent, it is a beautiful work, with symbols, it is realy a beautiful work.

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- Yes it is really extraordinary, very surprising and beautiful, very interesting.

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- I discover as well. Well I already know it existed, that it is a traditional bed, especially in the Kasbah.

- I know a bit about the boxes there, they were usually received with offerings by the bride, she also brought her clothes, her jewellery and so on.

- It was the main piece of furniture of the house. Everything was on the ground before, there were no modern furniture as those we have today.

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- The canopy bed took all the space in the room.

- Majestic in its shaping, made with art, fabric or satin hangings cover entirely the wrought iron sides.

- giving a one thousand and one night princess look to young women luxuriating on it.

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- The canopy bed was used for the bride and the child baptised by the local doctor as well, it was used for these happy events.

- According to the bride means, the canopy bed was decorated with hangings of silk and satin pillows finely embroided, not forgetting the pure wool mattress.

- Fabric elaborated with silk, it is elaborated as well.

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- Kasbah of our ancestors can be discovered in this place that holds plenty of our ancestral values.

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- Tell us about the canopy bed.

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- At that time the bride was alone in the bed, until the one in charge of her hairstyle, her make-up and her grooming arrived.

- Once the bride was ready, that person lifted the hangings and called the couple's parents for them to admire her,

- before she leave her parent's house to go to the marital home, where the wedding was celebrated with ancestral traditions.

- These are the memories I have, as the one of the bride receiving the presents.

- It is a ritual with a cloth we put on bride's knees to receive money and jewellery.

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- All this environment brings back to life the saga of happy days in its privacy.