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      "checked": "2026-10-24",
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    "response": "No independent audience-response study is established for this investigation.",
    "consequence": "No wider societal effect is inferred from resemblance or survival."
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      "creator": "After a design by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1636–1699) in the style of Jean I Berain (1640–1711); border design by Jean I Berain Woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of the Behagle family (directors, 1684–1711), the Filleul brothers (codirectors, 1711–22), or Noël-Antoine Mérou (director, 1722–33) France, Beauvais",
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