textile; 紡織品 BM-1907-1111.126

Period:Unknown Production date:3rdC-4thC
Materials:wool, 毛織品 (Chinese),
Technique:woven, 織造 (Chinese), plain weave, felted, 氈製 (Chinese), 平紋 (Chinese),

Dimensions:Length: 23 centimetres Width: 17 centimetres

Description:
A brown fragment, 15cm long and 17cm wide, made of wool, woven in rib plain weave weave. A selvage on one side with two warps remains. Its surface is very coarse, with a S-2Z ply wool thread sewn to the fragment. A piece of undyed felt, 5.5x4cm, was sewn on the other side of the thread. Weave structures: Warp: wool, Z twisted, single, brown, 4 ends/cm; Weft: wool, S twisted, single, brown, 4 lats/cm. Weave structure: 2/2 warp rib plain weave. 粗褐殘片，棕色，長15cm，寬17 cm，外觀較爲粗獷，一側留有幅邊，邊經兩根。織物上縫有一根由兩根Z撚以S撚併合的毛繩，繩另端穿有一塊5.5×4cm的本色氈，由羊毛壓制而成。 組織結構： 經線：毛，Z撚，單根排列，棕色，4根/cm；緯線：毛，S撚，雙根排列，棕色，4根/cm；組織：2/2經重平。
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Comments:This record is being updated as part of the Stein Project in the Department of Asia. “N.V.17.b. Piece of coarse sacking. Attached, a small frag. of felt.” [Stein, Ancient Khotan (1907), p.396]