Name | Dynasty | Details | Justification |
Fragment of a robe | Hegira 427–87 / AD 1036–94Fatimid; reign of Al-Mustansir billah | Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Berlin, Germany | Fragment of a tiraz textile datable to the reign of Caliph al-Mustansir (r. 427–86 / 1036–94). |
Frescoed architectural fragment from a bathhouse | Hegira 5th century / AD 11th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Cairo, Egypt | A seated reveller wearing typical Fatimid dress. The bands around his upper arms may be tiraz panels. |
Rectangular piece of wood | Hegira 5th century / AD 11th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Cairo, Egypt | At court, guests would turn out in precious costumes, often sporting tiraz garments that had been bestowed on them as gifts. |
The 'Lady of Sabra' plate | Hegira, second half of the 4th century / AD 10th centuryFatimid | Museum of Islamic Art Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia | A female dancer who appears to be wearing a dress with frills and embroidered panels. |
Human head | Hegira, mid-4th–mid-5th centuries / AD 10th–11th centuriesFatimid–Zirid | Museum of Islamic Art Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia | Rare sculptural fragments such as this one from Tunisia can tell us about contemporary costume – here, a specific type of turban. |