Cotton 14th Century Female Pirahan: , from the Sara Kuehn Collection, pictured on the Persian Yahoogroups site, posted by Anahita al Shazhiyya. This garment may be female. Salvar and Ballerina Skirt: 19th Century, from an online auction house, current location unknownEmbroideryFelt Appliqué Saddle Pad 5th-4th BC From the Pazyryk Barrow Cuff from a pair of pants, pictured in Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Eqypt, Marianne Ellis, Ashmolean Museum Oxford, 2001, pg. 20Mamluk period, inlay worked Tiraz Embroidery, Egypt, Mamluk Period

Late 13^th/early 14th century Turcoman roundel Located in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford

Caucasus, Embroidery, 16th century Located in the Victoria and Albert MuseumMusaif Embroidery, Isfahan, 16th Century Embroidered 17th century qabā: located in Osterreichisches Museum fur Agewandte Kunst, pictured in A Pictorial History of Embroidery, Marie Schuette and Sigrid Muller-Christiansen, NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1964, Pg. 321 ~ I am grateful to Mistress Marcele de Montsegur for this reference. Embroidered women’s qabā: 17th century, red satin ground, pictured in A Pictorial History of Embroidery, Marie Schuette and Sigrid Muller-Christiansen, NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1964, Pg. 321 ~ I am grateful to Mistress Marcele de Montsegur for this reference.

Embroidery, Chain Stitch, Silk Floss on Satin Background 17th Century Pope-Ackerman Collection, Last known location was Iran

Naqshe: embroidered female pants, 17th century, Victoria and Albert Museum, the pants have been stretched out to make a covering Naqshe: 18th century Zoriastrian, from an online auction house, current location unknownNaqshe: 19th century, Victoria and Albert Museum, the pants have been stretched out to make a covering Rašt work panel, 17th century

Embroidery, Satin Stitch, Silk Floss on Rose Taffeta Background, 17th Century Pope-Ackerman Collection, Last known location was Iran Embroidery, Tapestry Stitch, Silk Floss and Silver Floss, 17th Century Pope-Ackerman Collection, Last known location was Iran

Felt

Felt Sock, 5th Century B.C. From the High Altai Burrows in the Pazryk Burial Mounds, Pictured in Frozen Tombs of Siberia Felt Swan, 5th Century B.C. From the High Altai Burrows in the Pazryk Burial Mounds, From the top of a Burial Palentine Pictured in Frozen Tombs of Siberia

HempShirt from the Pazryk Burial Mounds: 5th century B.C.Lace Armenian Lace--20th century examplesLinen Egyptian Female Dress, 4th cent. B.C., pictured in Women's Costume of the Near and Far East, Jennifer Scarce, Unwin Hyman ltd., London, 1986 10th Cent. Egyptian Male Pirahan With Trim 14th Cent.Egyptian, Male Pirahan With pattern darned embroidery, Pictured in Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Eqypt, Marianne Ellis, Ashmolean Museum Oxford, 2001 Silk/Linen Combinations Kaftan 8th - 10th century, Caucasus Mountains, Silk, linen and fur, located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 10th cent. Egyptian Child's Pirahan Observations by Melinda Haren, Jennifer Davis and Rose Otter, 2003Silk Kaftan 8th - 9th century, Northern Caucasus Mountains, Silk with green simurgh patterns, located at the Hermitage Musuem in St. Petersburg 10th Century Tiraz Coat : Located in the Textile Museum of Washington D.C. TM 3.116, photo taken by Jennifer DavisSilk Tapestry East Persia 10th Century Tomb Cover 11th-12th Century Dark blue silk, from the Ackerman-Pope Collection, current location unknown Pictured in The Arts of Persia, Volume 12, by Arthur Upham Pope Extant Silk, Male Ruyi Qabā: in the Moscow Kremlin Armory, last quarter of the 16th century pictured in Lost Treasures of Persia, Vladimir Loukonine & Anatoli Ivanov, Confidential Concepts, 1996 Silk Twill Tapestry 16th CenturyJoba: 1600 located in the Museum of Oriental Treasures in Moscow. Most likely it is a male garment. Joba Sleeves: 16th century Pictured in "Hunt for Paradise", Located in the Topkapi MuseumExtent čaķčur (leggings), 16th Century, photo provided to me by Jennifer Davis 16th Cent., Male, Silk Pirahan: , From the Collection of Thomas J. Daman, Dated 1583, pictured in Masterpieces of Persian Art, Arthur Upham Pope, The Dryden Press, NY, 1945, pg. 202 "Prisoner" Fabric, Silk Tissue16th Century Pictured in Persian Art Silk Tissue 16th Century Man with Woman, Pictured in Persian Art Silk Satin, 17th Century Green Ground with Metal Thread Pictured in The Arts of Persia, Volume 12, by Arthur Upham Pope Male Hat, early 17th CenturyBrocade Trim 17th Century Persian Dalmaticus: Silk Tissue Dalmatic, 17th century, located in the Victoria and Albert Museum, pictured in An Illustrated Souvenir of the Exhibition of Persian Art, Hudson & Kearns Ltd. 1934 17th century qabā: pictured in Arte do Oriente Islamico, op. C.7, No 85-88, Coat L.1.06m

17th century qabā, pictured in Arte do Oriente Islamico, op. C.7, No 85-88, Coat L.1.04m

17th century qabā, pictured in Arte do Oriente Islamico, op. C.7, No 85-88, Coat L.1.12m

17th century qabā, pictured in “A ‘Safavid Cadabi’ in the Royal Ontario Museum Reconsidered”, Marta Dal Farra, vol. 25, nos. 1-2. The Carpets and Textiles of Iran, New Perspectives in Research, The Journal of the Society for Iranian Studies, 1993, pg 81-90 17th century qabā: located in the Textile Museum in Lyon France, pictured in Musees et Monuments de France/Foundation Paribas ~ I am grateful to Mistress Nicolette Bonhemme for this reference and to Leeann Posovad for finding the actual photograph. 17th century qabā: located in the Textile Museum Inv no. 1985.5.1 in Washington D.C., photo taken by Jennifer Davis, Also pictured in Persian Textiles, Reath and Sachs, 1937, Yale University Press Ruyi Qaba: 17th century, pictured in "An Illustrated Souvenir of an Exhibition at Burlington House."

17th century qabā or joba, located in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Inventory No. 2801, pictured in Encyclopedia Iranica Short Women’s qabā: 17th century, From an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknown

Short Women’s qabā: 17th century, From an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknown, blue silk Short Women’s qabā: 17th century, From an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknown, blue silkCope, Silk Satin Brocade, Dark Blue, 17th Century Located in the Musem Fur Kunst Und IndustrieChasuble Late 17th Century Silk Wrapped In Metal Foil 110cm By 74cm Pictured in Persian Art Women's Coat, Beige Silk, Late 17th/Early 18th Century, Pictured in Women's Costume of the Near and Far East, Jennifer Scarce, Unwin Hyman ltd., London, 1986 Male Pirahan: Extent male pirahan, 17th or 18th century. The pirahan is made of silk with brocade panels.Ruyi Qaba: 17th/18th century qabā located in the Textile Museum Inv no. 3.112 in Washington D.C. 17th/18th century qabā located in the Textile Museum Inv no. 1972.27.3 in Washington D.C., photo taken by Jennifer Davis Short Women’s qabā: 18th century, From an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknown 18th century qabā: located in the Yale University Art Gallery, pictured in A Sense of Pattern Short Women’s qabā: 18th century, From an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknown, red

Silk Salwar, Qajar Dynasty From an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknown, made of Moghul (Indian) Silk, for a small girl Male Pirahan, Qajar Period, Silk, from an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknown Kordi (Male under-vest), Qajar, Gold and silk brocade, from an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknown

Kordi (Male under-vest), Qajar, Gold couching over applique, from an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknownSilk VelvetPanels from a Ruyi Qaba: 16th century, located in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Pictured in "Palace and Mosque"Brocaded Velvet Tissue 16th or 17th Century

Late 16th/Early 17th Century Qaba: given to Queen Christiana of Sweden by the Russian Czar in 1644, resides in the Royal Armory of Stockholm, pictured in The Arts of Persia, R.W. Ferrier, ed., 1989, copyrighted by Hossein Amirsadeghi Side Gore: Side gore from a 17th century qaba Male, Green Voided Velvet qabā, Qajar Dynasty From an online auction house, www.textileasart.com, current location unknownSalvar and Ballerina Skirt: 19th Century, from an online auction house, current location unknownWool/Cotton

Mamluk Tunic Neck Facing (Coptic) Inventory No. 1964.16.2, Located at the Textile Museum in Washington D.C.

WoolWoolen Cloth, ca. 1000 B.C. in the Southern Tarim Basin Pictured in The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, W.W. Norton & Company, 1999 Formed from tablet woven bands of woolWool Skirt, ca. 1000 B.C. in the Southern Tarim Basin Pictured in The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, W.W. Norton & Company, 1999 Wool Shirt, ca. 1000 B.C. in the Southern Tarim Basin Pictured in The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, W.W. Norton & Company, 1999Wool Shawl, ca. 1000 B.C. in the Southern Tarim Basin Pictured in The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, W.W. Norton & Company, 1999 Child's Sock, Anitoe Egypt, 6th Century In red, green, blue, violet, and yellow wool Egyptian Embroidered Wool Dalmaticus: Wool dalmaticus with embroidery from 7th century Egypt.Not Pictured : Parthian child’s wool jacket fragment lined with cotton, dated to the 1st century B.C. found at Shahr-i Qumis during excavations by the Metropolitan Museum of Art Cherchen Man: 1000 B.C. from the Tarim Basin (the Caucasian Mountains) The origins of Persians.