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"citation": "Ducamp, Emmanuel. \"Austrian and French Decorative Arts.\" In The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 46-49, 60-61,150-151, 184-185. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.",
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