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    "localId": "122213",
    "label": "Sampler",
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    "id": "122213",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Sampler",
    "date": "1773",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 49.5 x 49 cm (19 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.)",
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    "tombstone": "Sampler, 1773. Netherlands, late 18th century. Embroidery; silk on cotton; overall: 49.5 x 49 cm (19 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their mother, 1942.526",
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    "inscriptions": [
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            "inscription": "above house in center: \"ANNO/ 1773\"; to left of this: \"OUDT 9\"; to right: \"JAAR\" (ninth year); enclosed in wreaths in lower section: \"M.B.C.\" and \"B.Y.S.S.\""
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