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Local Museum of Embroidery and Silver Working (the House of Th. Patsalos)

Pano Lefkara, Larnaca District

Local Museum of Embroidery and Silver Working (the House of Th. Patsalos): a house in Pano Lefkara, Larnaca District. 4 dated records of work on it, 1983 to 2006, with sources.

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Larnaca District, about 34°52′ N, 33°19′ E

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What was done when

6 records
  1. 1983

    Late 19th/early 20th century mansion declared an Ancient Monument, restored by a team from the Department of Antiquities; now houses the folk art museum.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “It is Patsalo's House a mansion of the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th century. The building is government property and has been restored by a team from the Department of Antiquites.”

    Anon., "Museum of Folk Art at Lefkara", Cyprus Today vol. 26, no. 3 (July–September 1988), pp. 34–35, p. 35.

  2. 1983

    Traditional house in Lefkara, acquired by the Department of Antiquities in 1983 through donation and restored; now houses the museum.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “The House of Patsalos was acquired by the Department in 1983, thanks to a donation by Sir Stelios Ioannou, and after its restoration it was officially opened to the public as a Museum in August 1988.”

    Anon., "Lekfara lace embroidery course by UNESCO", Cyprus Today vol. 52, no. 3 (July–September 2014), pp. 16–22, pp. 18–19.

  3. 1987

    The old house known as the House of Patsalos was restored to become the local Museum of Folk Art.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “une vieille maison, connue comme la Maison de Patsalos, a été restaurée pour devenir le Musée local d'Art populaire”

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chroniques de fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1987», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 112 (1988), pp. 793-855, p. 855

  4. 2006

    Conservation of the museum building: the most damaged part of the north wall rebuilt and grouted, and the flat cornices of the two ground-floor rooms and two iliakoi rebuilt. Printed costs: Government contribution 16.650.

    Repair and conservation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2006 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 52

  5. Undated

    Being restored to become museum of traditional embroidery and silverwork of Lefkara.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “In Pano Lefkara the house of Patsalos, one of the most characteristic examples of local folk architecture, is being restored”

    Frosso Egoumenidou, "The Department of Antiquities and the Protection of Monuments of the Recent Past", Cyprus Today vol. 23, no. 2 (April–June 1985), pp. 16–21, p. 21.

  6. Undated

    Plans to convert it into a Museum of the folk art of Lefkara.

    Study

    As printed

    “Pano Lefkara. The house of Patsalos. There are plans to convert it into a Museum of the folk art of Lefkar”

    Frosso Egoumenidou, "The Vernacular Architecture of Lefkara", Cyprus Today vol. 23, no. 1 (January–March 1985), pp. 4–8, p. 7.

In the literature

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  1. 2007

    The facade of the museum was returned to its original state by replacing the plaster and reapplying the loulaki, and blue paint removed from windows, doors and balcony stair. Printed costs: Government contribution 45.931.

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), pp. 47-48

Sources

  1. 1.Vassos Karageorghis, «Chroniques de fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1987», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 112 (1988), pp. 793-855, p. 855
  2. 2.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2006 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 52
  3. 3.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), pp. 47-48
  4. 4.Frosso Egoumenidou, "The Vernacular Architecture of Lefkara", Cyprus Today vol. 23, no. 1 (January–March 1985), pp. 4–8, p. 7.
  5. 5.Frosso Egoumenidou, "The Department of Antiquities and the Protection of Monuments of the Recent Past", Cyprus Today vol. 23, no. 2 (April–June 1985), pp. 16–21, p. 21.
  6. 6.Anon., "Museum of Folk Art at Lefkara", Cyprus Today vol. 26, no. 3 (July–September 1988), pp. 34–35, p. 35.
  7. 7.Anon., "Lekfara lace embroidery course by UNESCO", Cyprus Today vol. 52, no. 3 (July–September 2014), pp. 16–22, pp. 18–19.

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