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    "localId": "127902",
    "label": "Fragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile",
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    "id": "127902",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Fragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile",
    "date": "1130 – 1149",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.538",
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 36.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/8 x 10 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Hafiz, AH 524-544 (A.D. 1130-1149)"
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    "accession": "1950.538"
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    "tec": "tabby ground with inwoven tapestry ornament; linen and silk",
    "tombstone": "Fragment of a Tiraz-Style Textile, 1130 – 1149. Egypt, Fatimid period, Caliphate of al-Hafiz, AH 524-544 (A.D. 1130-1149). Tabby ground with inwoven tapestry ornament; linen and silk; overall: 36.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/8 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.538",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Wadsworth Atheneum, Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, and Charles Crehore Cunningham. 2000 Years of Tapestry Weaving: A Loan Exhibition : Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Dec. 7, 1951 to Jan. 27, 1952 ; the Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 27, 1952 to Mar. 25, 1952. Hartford, Conn: Wardsworth Atheneum], 1951.",
            "page_number": "p. 31"
        }
    ],
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