Field photograph·C02394·1929–30

Chocolata's house, salon interior at Kition

Salon interior at Kition with a sofa, upholstered armchair, low stools and hanging lamps — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929–30. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02394. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A furnished sitting room with a long sofa against the back wall, covered in patterned textiles and cushions, and a patterned tapestry hung above it. An upholstered armchair stands at the left beside a small table, and two low upholstered stools and a small round table sit on a large patterned carpet. Hanging lamps with glass shades, wall plates and framed pictures decorate the walls, and a doorway opens on the right.

Other scans of this record (2)

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Description, scan 2: A furnished sitting room with a sofa against the back wall, heaped with cushions and draped in a patterned cloth. In the foreground an upholstered armchair with a geometric woven design stands beside a small round table and two footstools. A large patterned rug hangs on the wall behind the sofa, pendant lamps hang from the ceiling, and small framed pictures and plates decorate the walls.
Description, scan 3: A furnished room with a long sofa piled with patterned cushions against the back wall, under a large hanging rug with a radiating central medallion. In the foreground an upholstered armchair covered in a geometric patterned textile stands beside a small table, with two footstools and a round side table in the centre. Hanging lamps are suspended from the ceiling, and framed pictures, plates and a small shelf of ornaments decorate the walls; a dark textile hangs by an open door to a tiled room.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Chocolata's house, the salon. Interior. Kition.

Swedish, as on the record

Chocolatas hus, salongen. Interiör. Kition. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen