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{
    "localId": "99933",
    "label": "Pair of Stirrups",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "99933",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Pair of Stirrups",
    "description": "With the aid of stirrups, the knight could rise (especially during jousts) and, buttressed against the high cantle of the saddle, bend forward in order to gain the full advantage of the weight of his own armor and that of his horse.  The footplate of the stirrup gradually became wider, as shown by these examples from the 1600s.",
    "date": "1600s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.49",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79489752"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.49/1919.49_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.49/1919.49_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1919.49/1919.49_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 17.2 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England (?), 17th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1919.49"
}

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    "tec": "brass",
    "tombstone": "Pair of Stirrups, 1600s. England (?), 17th century. Brass; overall: 17.2 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1919.49",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "didYouKnow": "Although more fragile than non-rotating systems, the swivel suspension eye allowed the stirrup leather to stay flat against the horse’s flank when it was in use.",
    "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. 240, J36",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n338"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "p. 56; cat. no. 80, p. 166"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 76, p. 186"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.49",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:24:20.771000",
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    "sourceId": 99933,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "brass",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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