Field photograph·C08439·1927–1931

Building with decoration and vault, North Africa

Interior of a building with a striped arch framing a studded wooden door, patterned wall panels and upholstered chairs in the foreground. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08439. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Interior of a building with a large arch whose band-like voussoirs alternate dark and light stripes, framing a far doorway with a studded wooden door. The walls are covered with geometric patterned tilework, and a second doorway stands to the left. In the foreground are upholstered wooden chairs and a rug on a light patterned floor.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Building with decoration and a vault, North Africa.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.