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    "localId": "118413",
    "label": "Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

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    "id": "118413",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?)",
    "date": "1400–1420",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.45",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Velvet"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.45/1939.45_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.45/1939.45_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 49.5 x 25.1 cm (19 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, early 15th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1939.45"
}

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    "tec": "velvet (cut and voided); silk",
    "tombstone": "Velvet Fragment (of a Chasuble ?), 1400–1420. Italy, early 15th century. Velvet (cut and voided); silk; overall: 49.5 x 25.1 cm (19 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.45",
    "collection": "T - Ecclesiastical",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Underhill, Gertrude. \"Textiles from the H. A. Elsberg Collection.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>26, no. 9. (November 1939): 143-146.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 145",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25138043"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.45",
    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:07:43.729000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.45/1939.45_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 118413,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Ecclesiastical",
    "med": "velvet (cut and voided); silk",
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    "image_url": null
}

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