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    "localId": "127919",
    "label": "Tiraz with gold",
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    "id": "127919",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tiraz with gold",
    "date": "1094 – 1101",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.555",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Mounted: 52.1 x 74.9 cm (20 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.); overall (both pieces): 38.7 x 70.5 cm (15 1/4 x 27 3/4 in.)",
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        "Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Musta‘lī, 1094–1101"
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    "tec": "plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé",
    "tombstone": "Tiraz with gold, 1094 – 1101. Egypt, Fatimid period, reign of Caliph al-Musta‘lī, 1094–1101. Plain weave with inwoven tapestry weave: linen, silk, and gold filé; mounted: 52.1 x 74.9 cm (20 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.); overall (both pieces): 38.7 x 70.5 cm (15 1/4 x 27 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1950.555",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 113, fig. 3.29; Mentioned: P. 112, 215"
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