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Field photograph·JL168·1928

Cottage at Milia with wedding wall hangings

Cottage interior at Milia with embroidered wedding wall hangings, two beds and a carved chest of drawers
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1928. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL168. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The walls of an arched room are covered with embroidered and woven hangings, framed pictures and round decorative plates. Two beds with checked covers stand either side of a dark, carved chest of drawers, below a mirror and a hanging lamp. A wooden armchair is at the left, and the floor is paved with flat stone slabs under a timber-beamed ceiling.

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  • Interior of a cottage at Milia with embroidered wall hangings, framed pictures, two beds and a carved chest of drawers
Description, scan 2
A whitewashed room with a barrel-vaulted, beamed ceiling. The walls are covered with embroidered cloths, round plates, framed pictures and striped textiles hung in rows. Two beds with striped covers stand either side of a carved chest of drawers topped with a mirror, a lamp and small bottles, and a wooden chair stands at the left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus Ethnology. JL.168 Cottage Milia. Cottage with wedding wall hangings.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. JL.168 Stuga Milia

Swedish, as on the record

Stuga med bröllopsbonader.

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