Black and red on top

Translator: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Author: 
Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description: 

Hand-coloured photograph of a bride dressed for the registration of her marriage, taken in 1952 by Photo Deanna, in Nicosia, next to the Paphos Gate. She wears a modern dress made of cloth with flower patterns in pink colour. The dress is sleeveless with a square, low décolleté neckline. It is decorated on the left side with a fabric bouquet of flowers and leaves. From her neck hangs a golden chain with a big coin. She also wears long earrings. The crown is golden metallic with artificial flowers and artificial diamonds. Her lips are painted dark red.