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    "localId": "122847",
    "label": "Darning Sampler",
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    "id": "122847",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Darning Sampler",
    "description": "Orphaned as a child, Willemijntje was sent to the Burgerweeshuis (Citizen's Orphanage) in Amsterdam along with her three sisters. While there, she embroidered her own name along the top edge.",
    "date": "c. 1880",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.110",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Sampler"
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.110/1943.110_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.110/1943.110_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 47.3 x 47.3 cm (18 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Netherlands, early 19th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1943.11"
}

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    "tec": "Silk on linen, embroidery",
    "tombstone": "Darning Sampler, c. 1880. Willemijntje Elisabeth Wakker (Dutch, b. 1875). Silk on linen, embroidery; overall: 47.3 x 47.3 cm (18 5/8 x 18 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George W. Bierce, 1943.110",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "initials symmetrically spaced around central design of a house.  Top: \"Willemyntje Elisabeth Wakker\"; bottom: \" Oud 14 jaar Anno 1800.\""
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "On their samplers the orphans often embroidered the initials of relatives.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.110",
    "creditline": "Gift of George W. Bierce",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:19:26.124000",
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    "dept": "Textiles",
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    "med": "Silk on linen, embroidery",
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