Qasr Ibrim QI00 0428 Cotton tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
QI00 0428
Description
Fine tabby
Context
Basic information
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
fine
Fabric structure
tabby
| System 1 | System 2 | Warp 2 | Suppl. yarn | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | cotton | cotton | ||
| Fibre identification method | naked eye | naked eye | ||
| Colour | ||||
| Yarn structure | single | single | ||
| Twist strength | medium/strong | medium | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | 0.3 | |||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 9.0 | 18.0 | ||
| Thread count range |
FURTHER DETAILS
Other features
System 1 yarns spaced. System 2 yarns thicker than System 1.
Sewing
Description
Parallel to system 2 are the remains of a seam, 30mm long, almost totally destroyed, but held by z plied threads from 4 s single yarns, 1.2mm thick, worked z at 9mm intervals. A second line of largely destroyed stitches worked z in a pair of s single yarns is about 8mm distant and parallel. Function unclear.
Sewing yarn structure
plied
Sewing yarn twist direction
Z4s
Sewing yarn diam
1.2
Sewing yarn 2 structure
single, paired
Sewing yarn 2 twist direction
s
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
2005