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Field photograph·JL040

Cyprus ethnology, JL. 40

Interior of a vaulted room with textile hangings on the walls, a row of wooden chairs, a covered table and plates on a ledge.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL040. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A vaulted room with pale plastered walls hung with textiles in chevron and striped patterns, and a banner with lettering on the left. Wooden chairs stand in a row beside a table covered with a white cloth, and round plates sit on a ledge below the hangings. On the right, a white-draped frame stands on a trestle support under a lace valance, on a flagstone floor.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior of a room with a tall arch, woven textiles and plates on the walls, a table, chairs and a canopied bed.
Description, scan 2
A room with plastered walls, a tall arch and a flagstone floor. Woven textiles with chevron and striped patterns and round embroidered mats hang on the walls, and a row of plates sits on a ledge. On the left a table with a white cloth stands beside a row of wooden chairs; on the right a bed with a lace-trimmed white canopy is set on a frame.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus. Ethnology. JL. 40

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. JL. 40

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