Berenike BE99 1408 Animal hair tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE99 1408
Inventory number
4209 I
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