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Decay

Rear interior second story wall of a gutted house in the Balat district of Istanbul. The architectural technique was called Bagdadi. The walls were first covered with thin wooden lathes which, in turn, were covered with a mixture of gypsum, sisal fibers, water and eggwhite. After the mixture dried, the wall was painted on a chalk basis.

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Uploaded on May 24, 2009