Photograph of a bride no. 064
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Source:
The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Kioneli (Gönneli) Ali N. Güran.
Code:
216
Translator:
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.
Bibliography:
Rizopoulou - Egoumenidou, E. and Aziz Damdelen, 2012, Turkish Cypriot dress The Aziz Damdelen Collection, Nicosia, 178.