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    "localId": "114171",
    "label": "Floral Panel, Probably from a Curtain",
    "core": "obj",
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{
    "id": "114171",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Floral Panel, Probably from a Curtain",
    "description": "Natural forms and brilliant colors of silk thread radiate in this embroidery. The refined floral sprays are offset in successive rows and repeated every sixth row. Flies, moths, and other insects are scattered among them, and a seated squirrel eats a hazelnut. The profusion of flowers and plants, such as thistles, hazelnuts, and foxgloves, were probably copied from pattern books that were increasingly available to embroiderers. Only a master embroiderer could have created such splendor evidenced here.",
    "date": "early 1600s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.421",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80006850"
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        "Embroidery"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.421/1933.421_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 67.3 x 79.1 cm (26 1/2 x 31 1/8 in.); Mounted: 78.7 x 90.8 cm (31 x 35 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England, James I Period, early 17th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1933.421"
}

{
    "tec": "Silk, linen; plain weave, embroidery: couch and stem stitches",
    "tombstone": "Floral Panel, Probably from a Curtain, early 1600s. England, James I Period, early 17th century. Silk, linen; plain weave, embroidery: couch and stem stitches; overall: 67.3 x 79.1 cm (26 1/2 x 31 1/8 in.); mounted: 78.7 x 90.8 cm (31 x 35 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1933.421",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gertrude Underhill. “Old Embroideries in the Museum.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 17, no. 8 (1930): 151-54.",
            "page_number": "p. 151-54",
            "url": "www.jstor.org/stable/25137326"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 262",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n55"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Preisner, Olga K. \"The Art of the Needle\". Exhibition catalog for exhibition of the same name at The Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. October 23-December 21, 1980",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 7"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Shaughnessy, Katherine. 2012. <em>New Crewel: The Motif Collection: More Exquisite Designs in Modern Embroidery</em>. 1st ed. New York: Lark Crafts."
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.421",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:00:04.395000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.421/1933.421_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 114171,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "Textiles",
    "med": "Silk, linen; plain weave, embroidery: couch and stem stitches",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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