Berenike BE00 2011 Linen tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
BE00 2011
Inventory number
1040 I
Description
Dark brown warp-faced tabby with reinforced selvedge.
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
160
mm
Preservation state
organic
Fabric structure
tabby
Warp and weft identified
✓
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | flax | flax | ||
| Fibre identification method | stereomicroscope | stereomicroscope | ||
| Colour | dark brown | |||
| Yarn structure | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | medium | medium | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 9.0 | 5.0 | ||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Dark brown yarn in system 1.
Edges
Reinforced selvedge: the weft thread passes out of the ground web over/under two pairs of warp yarns (possibly once a darker colour) around a third pair of dark S spun yarns and is wrapped a varying number of times (see drawing) around the 3rd outer pair and then in each case around the inner single of the outer pair before returning (with a float) around the 2nd two pairs and into the ground web.
Selvedge type
reinforced
Other features
Weft thread passes out of ground web over/under two pairs of warp yarns.
Notes from the original description
Fibre: flax tow.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001