Textile, textile fragment

Fragment of medieval wool cloth, found amongst dumped deposits near the River Thames. It is a fragment of tabby-woven cloth of a type known as 'ray'. Rays were woven in Flanders, Brabant, and northern France, as well as England. It has been woven with stripes of three colours - light brown, purple and red.
Technical information: On the plain section of the fabic, the warp is light brown, Z-spun, 10 ends per cm. The weft is light brown, S-spun, 10 picks per cm. The pattern wefts are light brown, purple and red, all S-spun, 32-34 picks per cm. See Crowfoot, E., Pritchard, F., & Staniland, K. (1992): Textiles and Clothing, 1150-1450, pg. 52, and 61-62, no. 287, pl 8A (TB210: late 14th-century deposit).