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        "accession_number": "1952.402",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Fruktl\u00e5da (Case of Fruit), 1947. Stig Lindberg (Swedish, 1916\u20131982), Knoll Associates (American, est. 1938). Cotton: plain weave, loom width, printed; overall: 89.5 x 128.3 cm (35 1/4 x 50 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund, 1952.402",
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        "title": "Fruktl\u00e5da (Case of Fruit)",
        "creation_date": "1947",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1947,
        "creation_date_latest": 1947,
        "artists_tags": [
            "male",
            "gender unknown"
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        "culture": [
            "America, New York"
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        "technique": "Cotton: plain weave, loom width, printed",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "Textiles",
        "collection": "Textiles",
        "type": "Textile",
        "measurements": "Overall: 89.5 x 128.3 cm (35 1/4 x 50 1/2 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "height": 0.895,
                "height_inch": 35,
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                "width": 1.283,
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        "state_of_the_work": null,
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        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 302021,
                    "title": "Design in Printed Textiles",
                    "description": "<i>Design in Printed Textiles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 3, 1961).",
                    "opening_date": "1961-04-07T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 313463,
                    "title": "Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design",
                    "description": "<i>Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11, 2019-February 10, 2020).",
                    "opening_date": "2019-02-17T05:00:00"
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        "former_accession_numbers": [],
        "did_you_know": "The apple tree likely refers to the Tree of Life, called the \u201cYggdrasil\u201d in Norse mythology.",
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        "description": "Initially produced by the Swedish department store Nordiska Kompaniet, this version of <em>Fruktl\u00e5da </em>was manufactured in America despite its Swedish name. The textile\u2019s bright blue color was only associated with the version printed by Knoll Associates, who usually identified the pattern as <em>Apples</em>. Its strongly delineated pattern depicts the various stages of an apple\u2019s life from seed to decay.",
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        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.402",
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        "creditline": "The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund",
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                "description": "Stig Lindberg (Swedish, 1916\u20131982)",
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                "biography": "Stig Lindberg (born Frederick Stigurd Lindberg in Ume\u00e5, Sweden) was a Swedish ceramicist, glass artist, and textile designer. Having studied ceramics at the Konstfackskolen (School of Arts, Crafts, and Design) and the Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan (Royal Institute of Technology), Lindberg\u2019s international reputation largely rests on his ceramic and glass designs for Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory and various Swedish glasshouses. Lindberg was the creative director of Gustavsberg between 1949 and 1957, and again between 1971 and 1980. Prior to his directorship, Lindberg illustrated children\u2019s books and designed textiles for Nordiska Kompaniet that often incorporated playful motifs.",
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                "birth_year": "1916",
                "death_year": "1982",
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                "description": "Knoll Associates (American, est. 1938)",
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                "role": "manufacturer",
                "biography": "American furniture and interior design firm, founded in 1938 by Hans Knoll (1914-1955), who emigrated from Germany to the USA in 1935. It now has subsidiary companies all over the world, which operate under the name Knoll International.",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1952-11-29T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1947,
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Apples (Fruktlada)"
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:49:10.069000"
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