Syria-Lebanon Nationality Room | Historic Pittsburgh

ca. 1941

Title
Syria-Lebanon Nationality Room
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.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Rooms
Classrooms
Decoration and ornament
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Syria-Lebanon Room
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Rights Information
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