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{
    "localId": "17336",
    "label": "Swedish Wedding Crown",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2047"
}

{
    "id": "17336",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2047",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Swedish Wedding Crown",
    "description": "Although crowns are customarily associated with royalty, wedding crowns in Scandinavia were worn by brides of all social strata. They were owned by the bride's parish and loaned for the occasaion. Wedding crowns were richly decorated with emblems of conjugal love: this example includes carnations, associated with enduring marriage because their fragrance outlasts their blossoms, dangling linden leaves, which represent fertility in Nordic literature, and angels, Christian figures that allude to the eternal and spiritual qualities of marriage. The crown itself resembles that worn by Mary, Queen of Heaven.",
    "provenance": "Ruth Blumka, New York, November 1978 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1978, by purchase.",
    "date": "early 18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2047",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "crowns (headdresses)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.2047_VwC_DD_T08.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.2047_VwC_DD_T08.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.2047_VwC_DD_T08.jpg",
    "imageCount": 9,
    "pageCount": 9,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)"
}

{
    "med": "silver gilt with paste jewels",
    "creator_ids": [
        "16236"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2054",
        "2227",
        "2513",
        "2704"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 8,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_57.2047_VwA_DD_T08.jpg",
    "mediaId": "57d64e3f91fd2f0b"
}