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    "localId": "129185",
    "label": "Chalice Cover (?)",
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    "id": "129185",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Chalice Cover (?)",
    "date": "1587",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.86",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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        "Embroidery"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1951.86/1951.86_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 55 x 77.5 cm (21 5/8 x 30 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, 16th century"
    ],
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}

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    "tec": "embroidery; silk and gold filé on linen",
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    "collection": "T - Ecclesiastical",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "unidentified initials of donors occur in three corners and the date 1587 in the fourth."
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Gift of Dr. Emil Delmar",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:39:58.859000",
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    "coll": "T - Ecclesiastical",
    "med": "embroidery; silk and gold filé on linen",
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}

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