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    "localId": "100737",
    "label": "Fragment of a Border with Abstract Pattern",
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    "id": "100737",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Fragment of a Border with Abstract Pattern",
    "description": "The dark yellow ground of the unbleached linen allows for the pattern, worked in bleached linen in the buratto technique, to stand out. Brown silk thread has also been incorporated, adding a shimmering effect to the contrasting colors.",
    "date": "1500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1123",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79493149"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lace"
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1123/1920.1123_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1123/1920.1123_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 8 x 19.1 cm (3 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, Sicily, 1500s"
    ],
    "accession": "1920.1123"
}

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    "tec": "Unbleached and bleached linen (est.), or cotton (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); brown silk (est.): bobbin lace edging",
    "tombstone": "Fragment of a Border with Abstract Pattern, 1500s. Italy, Sicily, 1500s. Unbleached and bleached linen (est.), or cotton (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); brown silk (est.): bobbin lace edging; overall: 8 x 19.1 cm (3 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1920.1123",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "didYouKnow": "The frayed quality of the fragment causes the buratto pattern to appear abstracted, but it was likely a flowering vine.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1123",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:26:45.619000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1123/1920.1123_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 100737,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Unbleached and bleached linen (est.), or cotton (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); brown silk (est.): bobbin lace edging",
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