Berenike BE97 0001 Wool tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE97 0001
Inventory number
4895 I
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