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Length of Very Sheer Linen Cloth

Unknown Artist

ca. 1492–1473 B.C.

Length of Very Sheer Linen Cloth by Unknown Artist

Medium

Linen

Dimensions

Greatest length 515 cm (202 3/4 in); greatest width 161 cm (63 3/8 in); Weight 140 grams (5 oz.) 46 warp x 30 weft per sq. cm. These measurements made by Nobuko Kajitani and recorded by Nobuko Kajitani

Classification

Sheet, weavers marks, sheer, very fine spin, very fine weave

Period

New Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.3.111

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