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    "localId": "23250",
    "label": "Fern Leaves Brooch",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.935"
}

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    "id": "23250",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.935",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Fern Leaves Brooch",
    "description": "This magnificent brooch is an outstanding example of Lalique's jewelry. Here, layered fern leaves, in opalescent cameo glass and green enamel, are connected by diamond-set \"stalks.\" At the center a large cushion-shaped opal is mounted in a silver-gilt frame set with small diamonds of varying size. The lateral segments are hinged to the central unit to permit movement. Henry Walters bought this piece from Lalique in 1904 at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. The symmetrical design anticipates Lalique's future work. Within several years, the artist abandoned both jewelry and the Art Nouveau style to devote himself to the production of glass molded in the Art Deco style.",
    "provenance": "René Lalique exhibit, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904 [no. 34]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1904, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "1903-1904",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.935",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "brooches"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.935_Fnt_TR_T84III.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.935_Fnt_TR_T84III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.935_Fnt_TR_T84III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 7,
            "height": 13.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "2 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (7 x 13.4 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Maker's mark stamped on edge of central setting for the opa]l:  \"\"LALIQUE\"\"[Inventory number written in black ink on hemi-circular paper label on back face of one plique-a-jour leaf]: No. 34",
    "med": "Gilded silver, glass, enamel, diamonds, opal",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2972"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN",
        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2054",
        "2513",
        "2704",
        "3300"
    ]
}

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