Noble and Most Ancient: The Black Family Tapestry

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Let’s think about the Black Family Tree for a moment—not the data in the possibly non-canonical display of Phineas’s branch that was created by JKR for a charity auction, but the hanging itself, that Sirius showed off to Harry, with commentary.  What does canon say, and what can we deduce, about the Black Family Tapestry?

It’s not a prepossessing object, to Harry’s eyes.  It’s a downright disgusting one, to Sirius.  But Kreacher regards it with all of his late mistress’s utter veneration.  Here they all are in OotP 6:
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