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    "localId": "145967",
    "label": "Tiraz with gold",
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    "id": "145967",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tiraz with gold",
    "date": "1094–1101",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.172",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Mounted: 50.8 x 89.5 cm (20 x 35 1/4 in.); Overall: 38.1 x 78.8 cm (15 x 31 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: 50.8 x 89.5 cm (20 x 35 1/4 in.); overall: 38.1 x 78.8 cm (15 x 31 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund and the Florence and Charles Abel Oriental Rug Collection by Exchange, 1971.172",
    "collection": "Textiles",
    "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. 105, fig. 3.22; Mentioned: pp. 105, 215"
        }
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