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    "localId": "103791",
    "label": "Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds",
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    "id": "103791",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds",
    "description": "This long border may have functioned as a valance, a decorative drapery made for attachment at the frame of the bed. Crowned double-headed eagles confront peacocks, while smaller birds fly above them.",
    "date": "1700s–1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.85",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.85/1921.85_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 35.6 x 154.3 cm (14 x 60 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Russia"
    ],
    "accession": "1921.85"
}

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    "tec": "Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace (tape lace) edging; bleached linen (est.)",
    "tombstone": "Border with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds, 1700s–1800s. Russia. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace (tape lace) edging; bleached linen (est.); overall: 35.6 x 154.3 cm (14 x 60 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Page, 1921.85",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "didYouKnow": "Handmade lace for marriage dowries was produced in large quantities in Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.85",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Page",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:36:04.162000",
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    "sourceId": 103791,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace (tape lace) edging; bleached linen (est.)",
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}

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