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    "localId": "100780",
    "label": "Panel with Birds, Flowers, and Suns",
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    "id": "100780",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Panel with Birds, Flowers, and Suns",
    "description": "The repeated sun and cross motifs, representing Christ and the Crucifixion, suggest this lace panel may have been used to ornament a Christian vestment, perhaps worn by a clergy member.",
    "date": "1500s–1600s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1160",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1160/1920.1160_web.jpg",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 23.1 x 91.5 cm (9 1/8 x 36 in.)",
    "cul": [
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    "accession": "1920.116"
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    "tec": "Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)",
    "tombstone": "Panel with Birds, Flowers, and Suns, 1500s–1600s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); overall: 23.1 x 91.5 cm (9 1/8 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1160",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "didYouKnow": "Based on the ancient belief that the peacock’s flesh never decayed, they became a symbol of immortality.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1160",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:26:57.613000",
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    "sourceId": 100780,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions)",
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