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        "tombstone": "Seashell (Coquillage) Compact, c. 1953\u201356. Jean Schlumberger (French, 1907\u20131987). 18 karat gold; overall: 33 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm (13 x 10 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.203",
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        "title": "Seashell (Coquillage) Compact",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
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        "type": "Jewelry",
        "measurements": "Overall: 33 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm (13 x 10 x 4 in.)",
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                "inscription": "Marked, interior lid: SCHLUMBERGER-3-",
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                {
                    "id": 396695,
                    "title": "Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection",
                    "description": "<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).",
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                "description": "(Sotheby's, New York, NY, November 20, 2014, Lot 236, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley)",
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                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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        "did_you_know": "A billowy powder puff made of snow white down plucked from a French swan nestles within this solid gold compact.",
        "description": "One of the most celebrated Parisian designers of jewelry and luxurious accessories, Jean Schlumberger created this compact during the height of popularity for the sunny French Riviera. From the beach clubs of St. Tropez to the casinos of Monte Carlo, fashionable women wore jewels and powdered their noses both night and day. The seashell motif no doubt appealed to such society mavens, enjoying the post-war prosperity of France in the 1950s.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87481600"
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Ducamp, Emmanuel. \"Austrian and French Decorative Arts.\" In <em>The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 46-49, 60-61,150-151, 184-185. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 150-151; Mentioned: p. 271-272",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:02:25.397000"
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