Berenike BE97 0001 Wool tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE97 0001
Inventory number
4895 I
Holding institution
Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt
Description
Three layers of fine tabby, dark brown.
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
73
mm
W.
125
mm
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
fine
Fabric structure
tabby
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | wool | wool | ||
| Fibre identification method | naked eye | naked eye | ||
| Colour | dark brown | |||
| Yarn structure | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | medium/strong | weak/medium | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 12.0 | 32.0 | ||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Dark brown yarn in system 1.
Other features
Cloth laid double, folded into four, held by three lines of stitching.
Sewing
Description
Rough black goat-hair stitches, 2 ply, z plied from weak s spun yarns, 2.5 mm diam. Pre-existing finer stitches in pale fine medium s spun wool run parallel.
Sewing yarn structure
plied
Sewing yarn twist direction
Z2s
Sewing yarn diam
2.5
Sewing yarn 2 structure
single
Sewing yarn 2 twist direction
s
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001