Field photograph·C00754·1928

The mukhtar's best room, Milia

Interior of the mukhtar's best room at Milia, walls hung with embroidered textiles, framed pictures and decorated plates. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00754. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A room with a timber and reed ceiling, its walls covered with embroidered textiles, woven runners, framed pictures and round decorated plates. A wooden bench with a cushioned seat stands on the left, a chest of drawers in the centre, and a lace-covered table with wooden chairs on the right. The floor is paved with large stone slabs.

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Description, scan 2: A whitewashed room with a low reed-and-beam ceiling, its walls hung with embroidered cloths, runners, doilies, decorative plates and framed pictures. A long wooden bench with a patterned cushion stands at the left beside a row of rush-seated chairs, and a dark chest of drawers with a lace cover stands at the centre below a mirror. A small table with a lace cloth and a vase stands at the right on a stone floor.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The mukhtar's best room. Milia.

Swedish, as on the record

Muktarens praktrum. Milia. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen