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    "localId": "127922",
    "label": "Tiraz with gold",
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    "id": "127922",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tiraz with gold",
    "date": "1094 – 1101",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.556",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 21.6 x 55.6 cm (8 1/2 x 21 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Musta‘lī, 1094–1101"
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    "accession": "1950.556"
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    "tec": "plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé",
    "tombstone": "Tiraz with gold, 1094 – 1101. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Musta‘lī, 1094–1101. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; overall: 21.6 x 55.6 cm (8 1/2 x 21 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.556",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.",
            "page_number": "p. 31"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 95, fig. 3.11 and P. 111, fig. 3.28; Mentioned: P. 111, 116, 215"
        }
    ],
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