Qasr Ibrim QI05 0152 Linen basket weave, S*S*/si
Catalogue number
QI05 0152
Description
Disintegrated remains of a medium fine 'basket weave' with lines of looped (?) pile
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
medium fine
Fabric structure
basket weave
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | flax | flax | ||
| Fibre identification method | naked eye | naked eye | ||
| Colour | ||||
| Yarn structure | spliced, paired | composite | ||
| Twist strength | ||||
| Twist | ss | si | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 20.0 | |||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Other features
Sys 2 (prob. We): a composite of one fine S twisted yarn, diam. 0.3mm and 2 thicker, virtually untwisted, strands of flax. Diam. 1.5mm over all.
c.20cm² in all
Looped (?) pile projects c.25mm. Pile yarn: S plied thread from 2 Z single yarns of badly prepared flax. (Z might be ply but ?underlying S strands are invisible, if they existed at all.)
Between rows of piles there are 11 shots of ground weft.
Base of pile strand appears to be wound twice round the warp group (see drawing).
Notes from the original description
Some spliced yarns in system 1.
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
2005