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{
    "localId": "95596",
    "label": "Composite textile",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "95596",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Composite textile",
    "description": "This large square textile is a composite, assembled from several different woven and embroidered panels and finished with a long thick fringe. These silk-embroidered pieces might have been parts of old clothing or other textiles. Stylistic assessment connects it to Greek and Macedonian traditions; such objects were made in the eastern Mediterranean for the tourist market.",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1316",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79477397"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Embroidery"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1316/1916.1316_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1316/1916.1316_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1316/1916.1316_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Average: 137.2 x 137.2 cm (54 x 54 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Probably Greece or Macedonia"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1316"
}

{
    "tec": "Silk, dye",
    "tombstone": "Composite textile, 1800s. Probably Greece or Macedonia. Silk, dye; average: 137.2 x 137.2 cm (54 x 54 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1316",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1316",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:08:02.277000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1316/1916.1316_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95596,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "Silk, dye",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1316/1916.1316_web.jpg",
    "mediaId": "e34025cef765bd9b"
}