Field photograph·C06777

Living room in a house in Nicosia, with a wooden desk in the corner

Wooden desk with a roll-top section and chair in the corner of a room in Nicosia
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06777. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wooden desk stands in the corner of a room, with two tall candlesticks, a small flowering vase and a clay jug on its top. A straight-backed wooden chair with a woven seat is pulled up in front of it. A curtain hangs at the right edge and a dark patterned rug lies on the floor.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Living room corner with a wooden desk, a chair with a woven seat, and a vase of flowers on the desk.
Description, scan 2
A wooden writing desk stands in the corner of a room, with a wooden chair with a woven seat pulled up in front of it. On the desk are a large pottery vase, a small flower vase, two tall candlesticks, a stack of books and a small figurine of a deer. Light falls across the pale wall and a curtain hangs at the right edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Nicosia. The picture shows the living room in a house with a wooden desk in the corner.

Swedish, as on the record

Nicosia. Bild som visar vardagsrummet i ett hus med ett träskrivbord i hörnet. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").