Vindolanda VIN TT/85/064/003 Wool 2/2 twill, z/s
Catalogue number
VIN TT/85/064/003
Inventory number
TT/85/64
Description
2/2 diamond twill with starting border, as 064/001 and 064/002
Context
Site
Vindolanda
Context
Vindolanda praetorium of Cerialis VIA (yard)
Excavation year
1985
Site phase
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
13
mm
W.
38
mm
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
fine
Fabric structure
2/2 twill
Twill pattern
diamond
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 | ||||
| Twist strength | medium | medium | ||
| Twist | z | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | ||||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Borders
Starting border (presumed), flat woven, 38mm long, c.0.8mm wide, composed of two transverse bands interlacing with the main Z-spun warp of the web (fig 00): outer band: 8 pairs of medium Z-spun (sic) yarns (as main web’s warp), yarn diameter c.0.25mm, c.9mm across the pairs; inner band: 4 pairs of medium S-spun (sic) yarns, yarn diameter c.0.25mm, c.3mm across the pairs (but distorted), followed directly by the main diamond twill web. Between Z- and S-spun pairs (fig 00) the main warp is regrouped, but the regrouping is only visible in 2-3 places, 2 of them adjacent to one another, and certain. Too little survives of the contiguous diamond twill web for the link between the starting border and the nearest diamond twill repeats to be drafted.
Use wear
✓
Data recorded by
John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1973-2020