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    "label": "Harp-Lute",
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    "id": "98683",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Harp-Lute",
    "date": "1700s",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 90.5 x 37.5 cm (35 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "England, London, 18th century"
    ],
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    "tec": "varnished wood",
    "tombstone": "Harp-Lute, 1700s. England, London, 18th century. Varnished wood; overall: 90.5 x 37.5 cm (35 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.376",
    "collection": "Decorative Arts",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "the maker's name is illegible, but the number of the instrument is 14."
        }
    ],
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 82",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136230"
        },
        {
            "citation": "D. S. M. \"Exhibition of Musical Instruments.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 9 (1921): 134-43.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 134-137",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136517"
        }
    ],
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    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:19:50.139000",
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