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    "localId": "122184",
    "label": "Long Sampler",
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}

{
    "id": "122184",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Long Sampler",
    "description": "Samplers were created as a mark of achievement in needlework by young ladies as they progressed in their education. Because they display levels of skill and technique, samplers often include figurative or scenic decoration along with the alphabet and various horizontal and vertical patterns that could serve as guides for future stitching. Most samplers reveal the pride of a young lady as she showed off her considerable accomplishment in sewing and were treasured from generation to generation.",
    "date": "1780",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.500",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80018423"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Sampler"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.500/1942.500_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.500/1942.500_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 101.6 x 30.5 cm (40 x 12 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Germany, late 18th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1942.5"
}

{
    "tec": "embroidery; silk on linen",
    "tombstone": "Long Sampler, 1780. Germany, late 18th century. Embroidery; silk on linen; overall: 101.6 x 30.5 cm (40 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their mother, 1942.500",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "in first panel, wreath with initials: \"C.S.T./ I.P.K./ 1780,\" on left: \"C.C.K,\" on right: \"I.P.K.\"; in fifth panel, rows of alphabet and numerals."
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "This unusually long sampler depicts scenes from the biblical Old Testament, including Eve tempting Adam with an apple.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.500",
    "creditline": "The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their mother",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:17:11.945000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.500/1942.500_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 122184,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "Textiles",
    "med": "embroidery; silk on linen",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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