Qasr Ibrim QI00 1000 Cotton tabby, s/s
Catalogue number
QI00 1000
Description
First of three textiles. Blue tabby with embroidered flowers (A) with a fastening cased in very fine tabby (B) and fixed to a strip of medium tabby (C).
Context
Basic information
Dimensions
L.
155
mm
W.
65
mm
Preservation state
organic
Relative quality
fineish
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/strong | ||
| Twist | s | s | ||
| Twist angle average | ||||
| Twist angle range | ||||
| Diameter average | ||||
| Diameter range | ||||
| Thread count average | 12.5 | 10.0 | ||
| Thread count range | 12 - 13 |
FURTHER DETAILS
Other features
Markings on yarns suggest it was blue piece-dyed, but there is also surface fading and discolouration.
Sewing
Description
Long side has rolled hem, 4mm wide, secured on inner edge by overcast stitches worked Z at c.5mm intervals. Sewing yarn is a pair of S plied cotton yarns. Similar hem down one of short sides. On both hems stitches clearly visible on front of fabric in Z twisted 2 ply. On long hem, stitches barely visible on reverse.
Decoration consists of 4 flowers with bosses of chain stitch surrounded by petals of a single stitch, with a stalk in double running stitch. Diagonal lines in undyed double running stitch emerge from corner.
Flower A: whole flower 13mm across, boss 9mm, c.5 rings of chain stitch. Boss originally blue. Petals originally undyed. Stalk faded blue.
Flower B: whole flower 13mm across, boss 8mm, c.5 rings of chain stitch. All undyed.
Flower C (on edge of cloth): overall diam. 13-14 at least, boss 9mm, c.5 rings of chain stitch. Flower and stalk blue, outer petals undyed.
Flower D: overall diam. 13mm, boss 8mm, 5 rings chain stitch. Undyed. Linked by diagonal line of running stitch to corner of piece.
Structural
✓
Decorative
✓
Types of stitch
overcast stitch
,
chain stitch, running stitch
Sewing yarn fibre
cotton
Sewing yarn structure
plied, paired
Sewing yarn twist direction
S2z
Data recorded by
Felicity Wild and John Peter Wild
Data entered by
Bela Dimova
Date of study
2008