Field photograph·C01081·1928

Panagiotis' house, interior at Idalion

Interior of Panagiotis' house at Idalion, with beds, a round table and a mirror on the wall — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01081. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A whitewashed room with an arched opening and a timber-beamed ceiling. A dark wooden wardrobe stands at left beside a bench, and a chest of drawers with a lace runner sits under a wall mirror. A round table with a white cloth stands in the centre, with an iron-framed bed with a canopy at right and a second bed beside it. Plates line a high shelf, and embroidered textiles and framed pictures hang on the walls.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A vaulted, whitewashed room with a dark timber ceiling and a row of plates along the upper wall. A carved wooden wardrobe stands at left beside a wooden bench with cushions, and a round table covered with a white cloth stands in the centre of the bare floor. At right a canopied iron bed with a floral cover sits beside a single bed, and several framed pictures and embroidered wall hangings decorate the walls around a mirror.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Panagiotis' house, interior. Idalion.

Swedish, as on the record

Panajiotis hus, interiör. Idalion. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen