Syria-Lebanon Nationality Room

ca. 1941

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Title
Syria-Lebanon Nationality Room
Creator
Unknown
Date
ca. 1941
Identifier
SYCR03.UA
Description
The Syria-Lebanon room, room 160, was originally a library in a home in 18th century Damascus. The walls and ceilings are covered in "gesso-painting," in which chalk and glue are applied and then painted with silver and gold leaf. The room contains satin cushions, a marble floor, and a copper mosque lamp can be found in the middle to light the room. The Syria-Lebanon room was dedicated June 28, 1941. This room, along with twenty five other Nationality Rooms all with different architectural styles, was conceived in the 1920s by sociologist Ruth Crawford Mitchell as a means of linking the university with the immigrant culture of the steel working families.
Place of Publication
Oakland
Type
still image
Subject
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
University of Pittsburgh.
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Nationality Rooms (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Syria-Lebanon Room (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Geographic Subjects
Oakland
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Pitt Nationality Rooms
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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