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    "localId": "2344",
    "label": "Velvet Cushion Cover (Yastik)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.87"
}

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    "id": "2344",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.87",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Velvet Cushion Cover (Yastik)",
    "description": "Cushion-covers (yastiks) like this one decorated divans or sofas positioned low to the ground in Ottoman Turkish royal palaces and houses of the elite. Bold floral patterns in a limited color range were popular from the 16th century onward.",
    "provenance": "William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "late 17th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.87",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "cushion covers"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.87_Fnt_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.87_Fnt_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_83.87_Fnt_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 61,
            "height": 106.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 24 × W: 41 15/16 in. (61 × 106.5 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Ottoman",
    "med": "silk, cotton, metal-wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6768"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ISL",
        "TAF"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
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    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_83.87_Fnt_DD_T16-tms.jpg",
    "mediaId": "c8172e39f4463088"
}