Qasr Ibrim QI05 0127 Wool tabby with fringe, s/s
Catalogue number
QI05 0127
Description
Scrap of red medium tabby with fringe
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
medium
Fabric structure
tabby
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | wool | wool | ||
| Fibre identification method | stereomicroscope | stereomicroscope | ||
| Colour | red | red | ||
| Yarn structure | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | weak/medium | |||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 10.0 | 15.0 | ||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Colours
Red yarn in both systems.
Borders
Fringes protrude from system 1, taking 2 adjacent warps, twisted S.
NB Warps in these strands now look Z single.
Other features
Thread counts are tentative.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
2005