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Interior themes · 268 style systems

Decorative and eclectic · Salvador da Bahia, Brazil · 18th–19th centuries

Afro-Brazilian sobrado

Afro-Brazilian sobrado interiors stack commerce and family life behind a narrow façade enriched by colour, tile, carved wood, and Atlantic exchange.

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People-free photorealistic vertical Afro-Brazilian sobrado in Salvador with tall shuttered upper room, patterned azulejo wall field, saturated plaster, dark hardwood table, cane chairs, devotional cabinet, lace, brass, and humid courtyard light.
02 Field note

How the room is composed

layout
Commercial or service space occupies the ground level, with family rooms, reception, kitchen, and rear court stacked above and behind.
materials
Brick and stone, lime plaster, hardwood, azulejo tile, ceramic, iron, cotton, and brass form a dense tropical townhouse.
furniture
Dark tables, cane chairs, chests, cabinets, daybeds, and devotional furniture align with tall rooms and narrow circulation.
lighting
Tall shuttered windows and a rear court bring humid coastal light across coloured walls, tile, and dark polished timber.
decoration
Patterned tile, saturated plaster, carved furniture, lace, metalwork, devotional objects, and textiles layer Afro-Atlantic domestic culture.
03 Related rooms

Neighbors combine mood, historical chapter, material routes, and overlapping palette families.

Photorealistic vertical Bukharan Jewish reception room with a tall polychrome timber ceiling, carved plaster niches, raised perimeter seating with ikat cushions, low brass table, courtyard-facing doors, and jewel-toned filtered daylight.01

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Bukharan Jewish house

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Photorealistic vertical Hutsul grazhda room in the Ukrainian Carpathians with dark spruce logs, decorated masonry stove, carved chests and benches, icon corner, red-orange woven wool, painted ceramics, embroidered linen, and cold light from a small window.02

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Hutsul grazhda

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Photorealistic vertical Kalash house in Chitral with stone and heavy timber walls, carved posts, central hearth, low platforms, storage chests, baskets, vivid woven and embroidered bands, beadwork, and sharp mountain light through a small opening.03

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Kalash house

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People-free photorealistic vertical Matyó farmhouse room with crisp white plaster, painted bed and storage chests, dense red-blue-green floral embroidery, tiled masonry stove, plate rack, timber table and chairs, and clear Hungarian window light.04

Decorative and eclectic · Enduring traditions · Timber & joinery

Matyó farmhouse

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