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    "localId": "7603",
    "label": "Sketch for the Tiffany Iris Corsage Ornament",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2632"
}

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    "id": "7603",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2632",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sketch for the Tiffany Iris Corsage Ornament",
    "description": "Farnham served as the chief designer and director of the jewelry division of Tiffany & Co. from 1893 until 1907 when he was replaced by Louis Comfort Tiffany. He frequently drew his designs from flowers and plants. This sketch is a working drawing for one of Tiffany's most famous creations, the Iris Corsage Ornament that won the firm a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 (WAM 57.939). Farnham collaborated with Tiffany's gemologist George Frederick Kunz (1856-1912) in using American stones, in this instance mostly Montana sapphires, for his exhibition pieces.",
    "provenance": "Tiffany & Co., New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 1988.",
    "date": "ca. 1900",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.2632",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "watercolors (paintings)"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.2632_Fnt_TR_T96IV.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 28.3,
            "height": 21.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 11 1/8 × W: 8 1/2 in. (28.3 × 21.6 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Inscription] Top center: 40 G.X.",
    "med": "watercolor on tracing paper",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2734",
        "3561"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954"
    ]
}

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