Field photograph·C05989

Interior in Machairas, Cyprus

Interior of a whitewashed room in Machairas, with a striped-covered bench, a wall rug and a table holding a vase of flowers.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05989. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Whitewashed walls enclose a room with a patterned rug hung on the wall above a bench covered in a striped cloth, with cushions at one end. In front of it stands a small table draped with a striped cloth, holding a vase of flowers, and a wooden chair sits at the right edge. The floor is laid with stone tiles, and a dark wooden beam crosses the top of the picture.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior of a room in Machairas with a striped-covered bed, a hanging rug and a table holding a vase of flowers.
Description, scan 2
Whitewashed walls rise to a dark wooden beam across the top of the picture. A striped-covered bed or sofa stands against the right-hand wall beneath a dark patterned rug hung on the wall, with cushions at one end. In the left foreground a small table draped with a striped cloth holds a vase of flowers, and wooden chairs stand nearby on a tiled floor.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Interior. The picture shows a sofa/bed, a rug hanging on the wall and, next to it, a wooden table decorated with a striped cloth and in the middle a vase of flowers. Machairas, Cyprus.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

Swedish, as on the record

Interiör. Bilden visar en soffa/säng, en matta hängande på väggen och bredvid ett träbord dekorerat med en randig duk och i mitten en vas med blommor. Machera, Cypern.