Berenike BE99 1408 Animal hair tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE99 1408
Inventory number
4209 I
Holding institution
Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt
Description
Folded sheets of fine tabby with sewing, paleish brown. Badly degraded.
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
fine
Fabric structure
tabby
Warp and weft identified
✓
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | animal hair | animal hair | ||
| Fibre identification method | stereomicroscope | stereomicroscope | ||
| Colour | ||||
| Yarn structure | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | weak/medium | very weak | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 14.0 | 39.0 | ||
| Thread count range | 38 - 40 |
FURTHER DETAILS
Other features
Systems parallel in both A and B.
Sewing
Description
Three layers of fabric sewn together with simple oversewing in weak S spun wool yarn. 5mm stitch intervals. Max. size 60mm.
Types of stitch
oversewing
Sewing yarn fibre
wool
Sewing yarn structure
single
Sewing yarn twist strength
weak
Sewing yarn twist direction
s
Notes from the original description
Fibre: wool?
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001