Berenike BE00 2338 Carpet-like cotton fabric, S3z/z
Catalogue number
BE00 2338
Inventory number
1989 I
Description
Strip of carpet-quality fabric with reinforced selvedge, extra brown yarns and no knots
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
240
mm
W.
45
mm
Preservation state
organic
Object type
carpet?
Warp and weft identified
✓
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | cotton | cotton | ||
| Fibre identification method | stereomicroscope | stereomicroscope | ||
| Colour | brown | brown | ||
| Yarn structure | plied | composite | ||
| Twist strength | medium | |||
| Twist | S3z | z | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 2.0 | |||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Brown yarn in both systems.
Edges
Weft bundles of 8 pass around selvedge 1/1, returning together
Selvedge type
reinforced
Other features
Wrapping threads enclose varying number of ground warp threads.
Notes from the original description
System 1 yarns 3 ply.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
1994-2001
