Allegorical Tapestry with Sages of the Past, ca. 1480–1500, Made in Middle Rhineland, Germany, German, Linen warp; wool, metal-wrapped threads and wool pile, a: 54 1/2 × 84 1/2 in. (138.4 × 214.6 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, The subject matter of this unusually large wall hanging is exceptional and known in only two other fragments, one of which survives in Berlin and was based on the same designs as The Cloisters example
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Allegorical Tapestry, Sages, Past, ca, 1480–1500, Middle Rhineland, Germany, German, Linen warp, wool, metal-wrapped threads, wool pile, 54 1/2, 84, 138.4, 214.6 cm, Textiles-Tapestries, subject, matter, unusually large, wall, hanging, exceptional, two, fragments, survives, Berlin, based, designs, Cloisters example
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