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    "localId": "132991",
    "label": "Lace Fichu",
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    "id": "132991",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Lace Fichu",
    "description": "This square textile is made of fine piña fiber in plain weave. It has a wide hand-embroidered cotton border on all sides, featuring scalloped edges and repeating floral and geometric motifs. Small embroidered floral elements are scattered across the interior field. This object was probably worn as a fichu or neck covering.",
    "date": "c. 1875–1900",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.420",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80025106"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Embroidery"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.420/1955.420_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.420/1955.420_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.420/1955.420_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 69.9 x 68 cm (27 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Philippines"
    ],
    "accession": "1955.42"
}

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    "tec": "Plain weave piña: needle lace (drawnwork) and embroidery",
    "tombstone": "Lace Fichu, c. 1875–1900. Philippines. Plain weave piña: needle lace (drawnwork) and embroidery; overall: 69.9 x 68 cm (27 1/2 x 26 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Marian H. Stone, 1955.420",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "didYouKnow": "A fichu is a large, square kerchief worn by women to fill in the low neckline of a bodice.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.420",
    "creditline": "Gift of Marian H. Stone",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:50:31.298000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.420/1955.420_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 132991,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Plain weave piña: needle lace (drawnwork) and embroidery",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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