Berenike BE98 0719.05a Goat hair tabby, Z2s/ss
Catalogue number
BE98 0719.05a
Inventory number
0547 I
Description
Several pieces of probably the same goat-hair tabby
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
45
mm
W.
180
mm
Preservation state
organic
Object type
stuffing or saddle packing
Fabric structure
tabby
Warp and weft identified
✓
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | goat hair | goat hair | ||
| Fibre identification method | naked eye | naked eye | ||
| Colour | ||||
| Yarn structure | plied | single, paired | ||
| Twist strength | strong | |||
| Twist | Z2s | ss | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 5.0 | |||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Pale sewing yarn.
Edges
Plain selvedge on one fragment, demonstrating that plied system is Wa.
Selvedge type
simple
Sewing
Description
Length of torn-off, folded hem parallel to plied warp, c.13mm wide, held by overcast stitching down inner side in finer Z 2 ply S spun pale goat. Stitches Z on face of cloth, each c.8mm long. Comparatively neat.
Types of stitch
overcast stitch
Sewing yarn colour
pale
Sewing yarn fibre
goat hair
Sewing yarn structure
plied
Sewing yarn twist direction
Z2s
Notes from the original description
Meidum/strong s twist in system 1.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001