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Field photograph·JL036

Cyprus ethnology: tables, chairs and plates (JL. 36)

Interior of a vaulted room with chairs, a table, plates on wall shelves and hanging embroidered textiles
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL036. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A whitewashed room with a barrel-vaulted ceiling of timber beams and reed matting, and a stone-flagged floor. A row of plates stands on a shelf along the back wall, with embroidered textiles, framed pictures and small photographs pinned on the walls. Four wooden chairs and a draped table stand in the centre, with a hanging oil lamp above and a bed with white linen at the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior of a whitewashed room with wooden chairs, a table, plates on a wall shelf and striped woven textiles hanging on the wall
Description, scan 2
A whitewashed room with a tiled stone floor, a beamed ceiling and a hanging lamp. Several wooden chairs stand against the back wall beside a deck chair, and a table with a striped cloth stands to the right. A shelf runs along the wall above rows of plates, and striped woven textiles and small photographs hang between them.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus, ethnology. JL. 36. The picture shows tables, chairs and plates, with crafts.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. JL. 36

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)