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{
    "localId": "96258",
    "label": "Decorative Finial",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "96258",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Decorative Finial",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1973",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79478985"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1973/1916.1973_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1973/1916.1973_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1973/1916.1973_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 7 x 4.8 cm (2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italian or French"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1973"
}

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    "tec": "brass",
    "tombstone": "Decorative Finial, 1800s. Italian or French. Brass; overall: 7 x 4.8 cm (2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1973",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 139, E124",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n207"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1973",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:11:03.165000",
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    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
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}

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