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    "localId": "95521",
    "label": "Embroidered head scarf",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "95521",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Embroidered head scarf",
    "description": "The edges of this headscarf are embroidered with landscape: a mosque alternates with a Turkish tent with a flowering plant between. In each corner is a medallion formed by a flowering plant surrounding a Turkish tent.",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1254",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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        "Embroidery"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1254/1916.1254_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1254/1916.1254_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 92 x 92.5 cm (36 1/4 x 36 7/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Turkey"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1254"
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    "tec": "plain weave: linen; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt-metal strips and thread",
    "tombstone": "Embroidered head scarf, 1800s. Turkey. Plain weave: linen; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt-metal strips and thread; overall: 92 x 92.5 cm (36 1/4 x 36 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1254",
    "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": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 333-334, fig. 8.51"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1254",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:07:38.270000",
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    "sourceId": 95521,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "plain weave: linen; embroidery, double-running stitch: silk, gilt-metal strips and thread",
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}

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