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    "localId": "112221",
    "label": "Lace Cloth",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "112221",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Lace Cloth",
    "description": "Consisting of more than 80 squares of cutwork (a cut and embellished linen ground) and rectangles of <em>reticella</em> (needle lace), this luxurious cover could have been made by a single person or several people who divided the work. Close looking reveals that the cloth is made with threads of two very slightly different colors: bleached and unbleached linen. Together the sections resemble snowflakes, which are of similar shape and size but vary subtly from one another. The perplexing dark stitches in the upper left corner do not repair damage, and might be the maker’s signature.",
    "date": "1560–1600",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.656",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q80004767"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Lace"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.656/1930.656_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.656/1930.656_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 131.4 x 184.2 cm (51 3/4 x 72 1/2 in.); Mounted: 148.9 x 202.2 cm (58 5/8 x 79 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Italy"
    ],
    "accession": "1930.656"
}

{
    "tec": "Linen; needle lace (cutwork and reticella)",
    "tombstone": "Lace Cloth, 1560–1600. Italy. Linen; needle lace (cutwork and reticella); overall: 131.4 x 184.2 cm (51 3/4 x 72 1/2 in.); mounted: 148.9 x 202.2 cm (58 5/8 x 79 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness, 1930.656",
    "collection": "T - Lace",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gertrude Underhill. \"An Important Gift of Needle-Point Laces to the Museum.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 18, no. 1 (1931).",
            "page_number": "p.  6-13",
            "url": "www.jstor.org/stable/25137351"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Levey, Santina M. Lace: A History. [London]: Victoria &amp; Albert Museum, 2004.",
            "page_number": "pl. 68 detail"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.656",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:56:07.470000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.656/1930.656_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 112221,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Lace",
    "med": "Linen; needle lace (cutwork and reticella)",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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