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    "label": "Square of Silk Damask",
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    "id": "135271",
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    "title": "Square of Silk Damask",
    "date": "1700s",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 93.3 x 107.3 cm (36 3/4 x 42 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Germany, Silesia ?, 18th century"
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    "tombstone": "Square of Silk Damask, 1700s. Germany, Silesia ?, 18th century. Satin weave; silk; overall: 93.3 x 107.3 cm (36 3/4 x 42 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Louise Mary Hardy, 1958.287",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "in the center, the principle buildings and landmarks of Hirschberg are numbered as follows and correspond to the list above: \"1. Evange. K[irche]. 2. Schule. 3. Marienk[irche]. 4. Schüsdauer Th[urm]. 5. Stadt. K[irche]. 6. Rath Haus Thurm. 7. Burgch[anze] u[nd] Th[urm]. 8. Langgassen Thorm[auer] u[nd] Th[urm]. 9. Kirche z[um] H[eilige] Geiste. 10. W. Kunst. 11. Magazin. 12. Mühlgraben. 13. D. Bober. 14. Zachen. 15. Sechsstädte. 16. Hausberg. 17. Schwarzbach. "
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