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    "localId": "30663",
    "label": "Iris Corsage Ornament",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.939"
}

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    "id": "30663",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.939",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Iris Corsage Ornament",
    "description": "At the turn of the 20th century Tiffany and Co. produced a number of fabulous, realistic floral brooches. This extravagant example, exhibited at the Paris Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) of 1900 as part of a display intended to highlight the mineral wealth of the United States, was designed by Paulding Farnham. The gems for the blossom were selected by George Frederick Kunz, a renowned geologist and gemologist who worked for Tiffany.",
    "provenance": "Created by Tiffany & Co., New York; 1900 \"\"Paris Exposition Universelle,\"\" Paris, 1900; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1900; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.",
    "date": "ca. 1900",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.939",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Gold, Silver & Jewelry",
        "brooches"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.939_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_57.939_Fnt_DD_T06.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 24.1,
            "height": 6.9,
            "depth": 3.2
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 9 1/2 x W: 2 11/16 x D: 1 1/4 in. (24.1 x 6.9 x 3.18 cm)"
}

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    "inscriptions": "[Mark] TCO",
    "RelatedObjects": 7603,
    "med": "Montana sapphires, diamonds, demantoid garnets, topaz, blued steel, gold alloys, platinum",
    "creator_ids": [
        "3561"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "JWL"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2054",
        "2227",
        "2159",
        "2513",
        "2704",
        "2351",
        "3034",
        "3300"
    ]
}

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