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    "localId": "96552",
    "label": "Box in the Form of a Book",
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    "id": "96552",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Box in the Form of a Book",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.306",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 in.)",
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    "tec": "brass with painted (lacquered ?) decorations; remains of gilding, especially inside",
    "tombstone": "Box in the Form of a Book, 1800s. France, 19th century. Brass with painted (lacquered ?) decorations; remains of gilding, especially inside; overall: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.306",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "engraved on spine:  \"L/ART/D/AIMER\" (The Art of Love)."
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade",
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    "med": "brass with painted (lacquered ?) decorations; remains of gilding, especially inside",
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}

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