Ceiling, Mosque, Maison de Pierre Loti, Rochefort, France
Carved and painted wooden ceiling from a palace in Damascus, detail, in the Mosque, designed 1895-97 in Orientalist style, at the Maison de Pierre Loti, home of Pierre Loti, born Louis Marie-Julien Viaud, 1850-1923, French writer and naval officer, in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Loti was born in the house and decorated it with collections from his travels in Europe, Arabia and Asia. It is now a municipal museum, restored from 2012, and reopened 2025, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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