Berenike BE99 1920 Wool tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE99 1920
Inventory number
2744 I
Description
Pieces of tabby with greeny-blue tapestry band.
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
40
mm
W.
190
mm
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
fine
Fabric structure
tabby
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 | medium | weak | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 18.0 | |||
| Thread count range | 18 |
FURTHER DETAILS
Other features
Tapestry we: weak s spun, 36 per cm. 33 weft threads in band. Width 8mm. Shadows on one side of c.12, the other of 8+. Warp grouped 2/1/2/1, except in one case, where the weft that should have been eliminated from within the pair was left intact and continues across the tapestry section. Colour: 432.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001