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    "localId": "13249",
    "label": "Mirror Cover",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.214"
}

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    "id": "13249",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.214",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mirror Cover",
    "description": "In the Turkish houses of old, covers like this one were draped around mirrors as decoration during the day and hung over them before sunset: there was a superstition that if one looked into a mirror at night, one might see the devil's reflection. The cover is embroidered with a double running stitch, making the decoration visible on both sides of the cloth. The floral ornament is inspired by earlier Ottoman glazed ceramics.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "18th century (Ottoman)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.214",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textiles",
        "textiles"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.214_Det_DD_T07.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.214_Det_DD_T07.jpg",
    "imageCount": 3,
    "pageCount": 3,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 143.8,
            "height": 51.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "56 5/8 x 20 1/4 in. (143.8 x 51.5 cm)"
}

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    "med": "silk embroidery on linen",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2431"
    ],
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        "TAF"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2726"
    ]
}

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