Berenike BE98 0719.21 Tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE98 0719.21
Inventory number
0547 I
Description
Amalgam held together by goat hair, consisting of fine wool tabbies and including fine tabby with traces of ?brown tapestry band
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
Object type
stuffing or saddle packing
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 | brown | |||
| Yarn structure | single | |||
| Twist strength | medium | weak | weak | |
| Twist | s | s | s | |
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 14.0 | 25.0 | ||
| Thread count range | - 35 | |||
| Supplementary yarn function | band weft |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Brown supplementary yarn.
Pattern
Traces of ?brown tapestry band in weak S, 35 per cm.
Warp grouped pair/1/1/1/ pair/1/1/1/ etc. c.f. (17) - probably the same.
Pattern element
band
Other features
Most of amalgam consists of this tabby, with no further decoration.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001