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Field photograph·JL140

Ethnology: table, mirror and chairs, Cyprus

Interior with a lace-covered table, two rush-seated chairs, a framed mirror and embroidered textiles on a whitewashed wall
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL140. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A whitewashed room with exposed beams above, showing a carved wooden mirror, a lace cloth and an embroidered runner with a dark border hung on the wall, and a dark embroidered panel to the right. Below, a lace-covered table holds a dish and small vases, two rush-seated ladder-back chairs stand on stone floor tiles, and a wicker-covered bottle sits at the far right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Interior with a carved mirror, embroidered textiles, a lace-covered table and two rush-seated chairs against a whitewashed wall
Description, scan 2
A whitewashed room with a carved wooden mirror on the left wall, above a draped embroidered cloth and a small table covered with a lace cloth. Two wooden chairs with woven rush seats stand against the wall at right, and a large wicker-covered bottle sits on the floor at far right. A dark embroidered panel with a central heart motif and floral designs hangs on the wall, and a lace cloth hangs at the far left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus, ethnology. JL. 140. Picture of a table, a mirror and chairs, with handicraft.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. JL. 140

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