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    "localId": "100909",
    "label": "Fragment of a Border with Floral Vine and Geometric Patterns",
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}

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    "id": "100909",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Fragment of a Border with Floral Vine and Geometric Patterns",
    "description": "Textiles often incorporate multiple techniques within a single piece, providing visual interest, and also demonstrating the skill and versatility of the maker. This fragment incorporates both reticella, a type of geometric needle lace worked on a grid of plaited or laid thread, and a border of burato.",
    "date": "1500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1267",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79494033"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lace"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1267/1920.1267_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1267/1920.1267_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 32.9 x 69.3 cm (12 15/16 x 27 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy"
    ],
    "accession": "1920.1267"
}

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    "tec": "Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions) and reticella",
    "tombstone": "Fragment of a Border with Floral Vine and Geometric Patterns, 1500s. Italy. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions) and reticella; overall: 32.9 x 69.3 cm (12 15/16 x 27 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones, 1920.1267",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "didYouKnow": "Myrta Leonora Jones, the donor of this lace, was a women’s rights activist in Cleveland in the early 20th century.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Ricci, Elisa. <em>Old Italian Lace</em>. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1913.",
            "page_number": "vol. 1 no. 22"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1267",
    "creditline": "Gift of Myrta Leonora Jones",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:27:27.227000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1267/1920.1267_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 100909,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in two directions) and reticella",
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    "image_url": null
}

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