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{
    "localId": "142301",
    "label": "Two-faced Carpet Fragment",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "142301",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Two-faced Carpet Fragment",
    "description": "This fragment preserves portions of designs of two faces of a carpet. One design depicts a stylized tulip with part of its mirror image. The opposite side depicts a pair of winged ibexes oriented at right angles to the \"tulip\" design.",
    "date": "1100s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.132",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80041944"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textile"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.132/1966.132_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.132/1966.132_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.132/1966.132_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 39.3 x 16.2 cm (15 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Iran ?, Seljuq period (1037–1194)"
    ],
    "accession": "1966.132"
}

{
    "tec": "senna knot",
    "tombstone": "Two-faced Carpet Fragment, 1100s. Iran ?, Seljuq period (1037–1194). Senna knot; overall: 39.3 x 16.2 cm (15 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg, 1966.132",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "didYouKnow": "The tulip symbolizes modesty before God because, when in full bloom, it bows its head.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "“Annual Report for 1966.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 54, no. 6, 1967, pp. 159–197.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 177–178",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152162"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.132",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:17:46.803000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.132/1966.132_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 142301,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "senna knot",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
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    "mediaId": "7e60a0b3e14f5085"
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