Berenike BE96 0326 Wool tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE96 0326
Inventory number
0431 I
Description
Three scraps of very fine plain tabby with hem and sewing thread
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
very fine
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 | very weak | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 12.0 | 55.0 | ||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Other features
Some brown fibres mixed with mostly buff; phenomenal piece of textile.
Sewing
Description
Hem folded twice, secured with rough overcast stitching in plied brown yarn.
Types of stitch
overcast stitch
Sewing yarn structure
plied
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001