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Moses

1460/70
Wool and silk, slit and single dovetailed tapestry weave. Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.0 mm Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 29 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.3 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.5–0.8 mm
126.2 × 229.5 cm (49.7 × 90.4 in)

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