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    "localId": "95941",
    "label": "Ogival lattice with horizontal design",
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    "id": "95941",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Ogival lattice with horizontal design",
    "description": "There is a pomegranate design in each ogee (pointed arch) of this silk brocade fragment. The pomegranate is a small tree originating in Persia (today’s Iran) bearing fruit of deep red flesh filled with hundreds of seeds. The pomegranate has been revered as a symbol for health and fertility by many civilizations. In Islam the pomegranate is associated with paradise as described in the Qur’an.",
    "date": "1600–1650",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1679",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textile"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1679/1916.1679_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1679/1916.1679_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Average: 134.7 x 64.2 cm (53 1/16 x 25 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Turkey, Bursa"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1679"
}

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    "tec": "Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave",
    "tombstone": "Ogival lattice with horizontal design, 1600–1650. Turkey, Bursa. Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave; average: 134.7 x 64.2 cm (53 1/16 x 25 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1679",
    "collection": "T - Islamic",
    "didYouKnow": "There is a pomegranate design in each ogee.",
    "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. 312, fig. 8.28; Mentioned: P. 310, 314"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1679",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:09:42.776000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1679/1916.1679_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95941,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Islamic",
    "med": "Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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