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    "localId": "116182",
    "label": "Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "116182",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns",
    "description": "Scattered throughout this textile are depictions of both real and imaginary animals: unicorns and dragons exist alongside lions, stags, and an assortment of birds. There are also identifiable plants, flowers, and fruits as well as simply decorative or fictional ones. The maker, whose initials CM appear between the unicorns, perhaps chose to mix fantastical motifs with natural ones to create a more captivating spectacle. This large textile was perhaps meant for use as a table cover.",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.95",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80010694"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lace"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.95/1936.95_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.95/1936.95_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.95/1936.95_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 113.5 x 138 cm (44 11/16 x 54 5/16 in.); Mounted: 121.9 x 146.1 cm (48 x 57 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, 1800s"
    ],
    "accession": "1936.95"
}

{
    "tec": "Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging",
    "tombstone": "Cloth with Unicorns, Dragons, Other Animals, and Floral Patterns, 1800s. Italy, 1800s. Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging; overall: 113.5 x 138 cm (44 11/16 x 54 5/16 in.); mounted: 121.9 x 146.1 cm (48 x 57 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.95",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "didYouKnow": "The two-legged dragon with a barbed tail at the corners of the lace cloth is called a wyvern.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Underhill, Gertrude. \"The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection of Lace.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>23, no. 4 (1936): 53-54.",
            "page_number": "53-54",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137765."
        },
        {
            "citation": "\"New in the Galleries.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 3 (May/June 2019): Back cover.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover."
        },
        {
            "citation": "related work in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. Object accession number 1986.11, Cover, France, c. 1620/30. 105.3 x 137.3 cm (41-1/2 x 54 in.). linen.",
            "url": "https://www.artic.edu/artworks/105090/cover"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.95",
    "creditline": "The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:04:24.369000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1936.95/1936.95_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 116182,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Bleached linen: needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions) and alternating cutwork, embroidered squares, and bobbin lace edging",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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