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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.29", "current_location": "205 Federal American", "title": "Sofa", "creation_date": "c. 1820", "creation_date_earliest": 1815, "creation_date_latest": 1825, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["America, New York, Empire style, 19th century"], "technique": "wood with painted and gilded decoration", "support_materials": [], "department": "Decorative Art and Design", "collection": "Furniture", "type": "Furniture and woodwork", "measurements": "Overall: 85.1 x 195.5 x 63.6 cm (33 1/2 x 76 15/16 x 25 1/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.851, "height_inch": 33, "height_inch_fraction": 0.5, "width": 1.955, "width_inch": 76, "width_inch_fraction": 0.9375, "depth": 0.636, "depth_inch": 25, "depth_inch_fraction": 0.0625}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 301427, "title": "Year in Review: 1971", "description": "<i>Year in Review: 1971</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).", "opening_date": "1971-12-28T05:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "(Peter Hill, Washington, D.C.).", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "At first glance you might not notice the animals, but look closely and you will discover the small faces of lions and the outstretched wings of eagles that decorate this sofa's frame. 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