Berenike BE94 0112 Wool 2/2 twill, s/s
Catalogue number
BE94 0112
Description
Long strip of gabardine 2/2 twill = rolled hem, separate from cloth, with overcast stitches. Concreted and encrusted with salt, now hard. Diamond twill.
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
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 | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | ||||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 18.0 | |||
| Thread count range | 25 |
FURTHER DETAILS
Edges
Width of folded hem: c.5 mm, max. length 230 mm. Hint in one place that weave might be 2/2 twill with displacement in weft i.e. herringbone with lines of direction-change parallel to warp, changing after12 warp threads. No sign of change in opposite direction to make it diamond twill, but that cannot be ruled out. Might be what LBJ calls Palmyra-type diamond twills at Abu Sha'ar. At one end of hem a flattened Palmyra-type diamond clearly visible. Can't count repeat: at least 12 warp before reverse, and at least 20 or many more weft. Definite displacement in warp direction and probably also in weft. Salt encrustation makes it invisible and inflexible, alas.
Sewing
Description
Sewing stitches overcast, along inner edge of rolled hem. Stitches: Z ply 2 ply from 2 S spun yarns. Stitch holes c.5 mm apart. Only a few stitches can be recorded, but once ran entire length of hem.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001