Table 2 List of 15 samples from the ref-collection and their properties, selected randomly for fibre furnish analysis

AP3

Y

Y

Arabic

Laid with no chain lines (hand-made)

AP5

Y

Y

Arabic

Laid + chain lines (hand-made)

AP6

Y

Y

Arabic

Laid + chain lines (hand-made)

AP7-1

N

Y

Arabic

Laid + chain lines (hand-made)

AP7-2

N

Y

Arabic

Laid + chain lines (hand-made)

AP11-1

Y

N

Arabic

Wove (machine-made)

AP28-2

Y

N

Persian

Laid with no chain lines (hand-made)

AP31

Y

N

Persian

Wove (machine-made)

AP56-3

Y

Y

Arabic

Wove (machine-made)

AP71-1

N

Y

Persian + Arabic

Laid + chain lines (hand-made)

AP75-Type1

N

Y

Arabic

Laid + chain lines (hand-made)

AP84

Y

Y

Coptic

Wove (machine-made)

AP128

N

N

Arabic

Wire-mesh (machine-made)

AP131

Y

Y

Persian

Laid with no chain lines (hand-made)

AP149

N

Y one side only

Persian

Laid with no chain lines (hand-made)