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    "localId": "146039",
    "label": "Chasuble",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "146039",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Chasuble",
    "description": "This rare chasuble decorated with angels, musicians, pomegranates, and flowers represents Sacred and Profane Love. This is indicated by two figures—a clear-sighted figure embracing a blindfolded figure—standing on a globe in the upper center and also by the musicians. The angels play soft-sounding instruments (harpsichords, harps, viole da barccio, and flutes) while earthy figures play loud instruments (tambours and hunting horns). The chasuble was most likely part of a liturgical set commissioned for a wedding. This entire chasuble is embroidered with silk and metal thread laid over linen and stitched in place. The exceptionally fine workmanship, lavish use of gold and silver, and brilliant silk thread create this sumptuous vestment.",
    "date": "1675–99",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.235",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79924088"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Embroidery"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.235/1971.235_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.235/1971.235_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.235/1971.235_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 116.9 x 78.1 cm (46 x 30 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Germany, Bavaria, last quarter of 17th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1971.235"
}

{
    "tec": "Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby sewn down on a linen tabby ground; embroidery",
    "tombstone": "Chasuble, 1675–99. Germany, Bavaria, last quarter of 17th century. Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby sewn down on a linen tabby ground; embroidery; overall: 116.9 x 78.1 cm (46 x 30 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1971.235",
    "collection": "T - Ecclesiastical",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Wardwell, Anne E. \"Love's a Good Musician.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 10 (1973).",
            "page_number": "p. 283-91",
            "url": "www.jstor.org/stable/25152502."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Mayer-Thurman, Christa C., John Maxon, Aidan Kavanagh, Donald L. Garfield, and Horace T. Allen. <em>Raiment for the Lord's Service: A Thousand Years of Western Vestments</em>. Chicago: Art Institute, 1975.",
            "page_number": "p. 186-7, no. 78, illus"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 165",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n185"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.235",
    "creditline": "John L. Severance Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:29:32.212000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1971.235/1971.235_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 146039,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Ecclesiastical",
    "med": "Silk and metallic threads on silk tabby sewn down on a linen tabby ground; embroidery",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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