Berenike BE97 0037 Wool tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE97 0037
Inventory number
0618 I
Description
Piece of fine wool tabby cobbled roughly to another fine wool tabby
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
60
mm
W.
50
mm
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
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 | weak | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 16.0 | 29.0 | ||
| Thread count range | 28 - 30 |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Brown sewing yarn.
Edges
All raw edges.
Other features
Tabby 2 (at right angles to Tabby 1) could be same textile.
Sewing
Description
2 ply, S plied from 2 Z spun wool yarns, darker brown. Holes ~6 mm apart.
Sewing yarn colour
brown
Sewing yarn fibre
wool
Sewing yarn structure
plied
Sewing yarn twist direction
S2z
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001