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    "localId": "146102",
    "label": "Sofa",
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    "id": "146102",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Sofa",
    "description": "The classically inspired elements of design such as the scrolled arms and the well executed gilt decoration identifies this sofa as an example of American Empire style furniture almost certainly made in New York City.",
    "date": "c. 1820",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.29",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60751195"
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        "Furniture and woodwork"
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.29/1971.29_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 85.1 x 195.5 x 63.6 cm (33 1/2 x 76 15/16 x 25 1/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "America, New York, Empire style, 19th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1971.29"
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    "tec": "wood with painted and gilded decoration",
    "tombstone": "Sofa, c. 1820. America, New York, Empire style, 19th century. Wood with painted and gilded decoration; overall: 85.1 x 195.5 x 63.6 cm (33 1/2 x 76 15/16 x 25 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.29",
    "collection": "Furniture",
    "didYouKnow": "At first glance you might not notice the animals, but look closely and you will discover the small faces of lions and the outstretched wings of eagles that decorate this sofa's frame. Furniture made in the Empire style was adapted from ancient Grecian forms by Parisian and American cabinet makers influenced by the classical style.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 201",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n221"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.29",
    "creditline": "Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund",
    "galleryDonorText": "Walter and Jean Kalberer Foundation Gallery",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:29:42.216000",
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    "sourceId": 146102,
    "dept": "Decorative Art and Design",
    "coll": "Furniture",
    "med": "wood with painted and gilded decoration",
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    "image_url": null
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