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    "localId": "26415",
    "label": "Coffret and Key",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.12"
}

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    "id": "26415",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.12",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Coffret and Key",
    "description": "Coffrets, or small boxes, covered with leather were often used to store documents or other desk objects.  It is decorated with floral patterns and includes two inscriptions: on the right, \"J'ay bien choisi\" (\"I have chosen well\"); and on the left, \"Son voulloir est le myen\" (\"His will is my will\").  The box was originally painted with red and blue against a natural leather background and had gilt details.",
    "provenance": "Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown];  Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "14th or 15th century (Late Medieval / Renaissance)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/73.12",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Leather",
        "coffrets",
        "keys"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_73.12_Fnt_NG_2050.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_73.12_Fnt_NG_2050.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 18,
            "height": 28.8,
            "depth": 18.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "with hinges: 7 1/16 x 11 5/16 x 7 1/4 in. (18 x 28.8 x 18.4 cm)"
}

{
    "style": "Gothic",
    "med": "wood, painted and gilded leather, wrought iron",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "MED",
        "REN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "2064"
    ]
}

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