This 1967 photograph shows a close-up view of a built-in cabinet in a house on Stanley Street, a feature found in well-to-do households. Seen above it is a scroll plaque inscribed with the Chinese characters '蘭言', a poetic phrase which translates literally into "the language of orchids". Title devised by Library staff.

Credit Line

From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All Rights Reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Storage cabinets--Singapore--Photographs
• Interior architecture--Singapore--Photographs