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    "localId": "109440",
    "label": "Lace Fichu",
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    "id": "109440",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Lace Fichu",
    "description": "This square textile is made of fine piña fiber in plain weave. Two edges are finished with wide hand-embroidered cotton borders composed of oval medallions enclosing floral motifs, linked by scroll and leaf elements, and completed with a scalloped outer edge. The placement of embroidery on only one half suggests folding, consistent with this textile’s possible use as a fichu.",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.10",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80001778"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Embroidery"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.10/1928.10_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.10/1928.10_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 80 x 77.8 cm (31 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Philippines"
    ],
    "accession": "1928.1"
}

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    "tec": "Plain weave piña cloth: needle lace and embroidery",
    "tombstone": "Lace Fichu, 1800s. Philippines. Plain weave piña cloth: needle lace and embroidery; overall: 80 x 77.8 cm (31 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. O. E. Kelsey, 1928.10",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "didYouKnow": "A fichu is a large, square kerchief worn by women to fill in the low neckline of a bodice.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.10",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. O. E. Kelsey",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:50:47.723000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.10/1928.10_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 109440,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Plain weave piña cloth: needle lace and embroidery",
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    "image_url": null
}

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