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    "localId": "109581",
    "label": "Armchair",
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    "id": "109581",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Armchair",
    "date": "c.1740",
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    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 95.6 x 70.5 x 60 cm (37 5/8 x 27 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
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    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "signed underneath on strip across back: \"CRESSON LAINE\"  (the trademark for René Cresson)."
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Dudley P. Allen Fund",
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