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    "localId": "98880",
    "label": "Back Apron for the Royal Ceremonial Robe",
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}

{
    "id": "98880",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Back Apron for the Royal Ceremonial Robe",
    "description": "This is a set of royal ceremonial robe and accessories worn by a high-ranking court official for attending special state ceremonies. The set consists of an inner coat, an outer coat, a skirt, a back apron, a crown, a pair of jade tassels, a tablet, and a belt.",
    "date": "late 1800s–early 1900s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.551.d",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Garment"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.551.d/1918.551.d_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 73 x 69.2 cm (28 3/4 x 27 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.551.d"
}

{
    "tec": "red pile weave, wool or silk, embroidered with silk (polychromatic); red silk, gauze weave; white silk, gauze weave; green silk fringe; metal ring embellishments",
    "tombstone": "Back Apron for the Royal Ceremonial Robe (후수 (後綬)), late 1800s–early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Red pile weave, wool or silk, embroidered with silk (polychromatic); red silk, gauze weave; white silk, gauze weave; green silk fringe; metal ring embellishments; overall: 73 x 69.2 cm (28 3/4 x 27 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, General Income Fund, 1918.551.d",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "후수 (後綬)",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Choe, Yeon-woo. \"A Study on the Court uniform Worn by Government Officials in Late Joseon Dynast [조선후기 관원 조복(朝服)의 구성과 형태 연구].” <em>Hanbok munhwa</em> (2015): 131-148."
        },
        {
            "citation": "<em>Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 255, 257, no. 142"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.551.d",
    "creditline": "General Income Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:20:33.760000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.551.d/1918.551.d_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 98880,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "Textiles",
    "med": "red pile weave, wool or silk, embroidered with silk (polychromatic); red silk, gauze weave; white silk, gauze weave; green silk fringe; metal ring embellishments",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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