Berenike BE94 0014 Wool tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE94 0014
Description
Fragments of brown tabby with traces of stitching.
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
110
mm
W.
55
mm
Preservation state
organic
Fabric structure
tabby
Warp and weft identified
✓
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | wool | wool | ||
| Fibre identification method | naked eye | naked eye | ||
| Colour | ||||
| Yarn structure | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | strong | weak | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 9.0 | 12.0 | ||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Pale yellow sewing yarn.
Sewing
Description
Traces of stitching, possibly a patch. Frag. 1) folded over parallel to weft and sewn through with pale (yellow) sewing thread. Weak S spun, worked in pairs. Just a few traces left.
Frag. 2) also folded over. Edge of fold penetrated by single yarn of Z-plied 2 ply S spun goat-hair. It is sealed by the yellow stitches, as in frag 1).
Sewing yarn colour
pale yellow
Sewing yarn structure
paired
Sewing yarn twist strength
weak
Sewing yarn twist direction
ss
Sewing yarn 2 fibre
goat hair
Sewing yarn 2 structure
plied
Sewing yarn 2 twist direction
Z2s
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001