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    "localId": "102493",
    "label": "Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees",
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    "id": "102493",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees",
    "description": "Prancing stags, represented with their heads turned backward, flank an ornate fountain. The fountain motif could allude to rejuvenation and immortality.",
    "date": "1500s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1138",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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        "Lace"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1138/1921.1138_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1138/1921.1138_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 13.5 x 177.3 cm (5 5/16 x 69 13/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy, Sicily"
    ],
    "accession": "1921.1138"
}

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    "tec": "Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction) and applied fringe",
    "tombstone": "Border with Stags, Fountains, and Trees, 1500s. Italy, Sicily. Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction) and applied fringe; overall: 13.5 x 177.3 cm (5 5/16 x 69 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade, 1921.1138",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "didYouKnow": "Plant motifs, such as the blooming bushes found here, flanked by birds, were popular for their associations with well-being or blessing.",
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1138",
    "creditline": "Gift of J. H. Wade",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:31:59.083000",
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    "sourceId": 102493,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Bleached linen (est.): needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction) and applied fringe",
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    "image_url": null
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