Title: Mail and Plate Shirt
Date: late 15th or early 16th century
Location: Northern Caucasus
for the Persian or Ottoman market
Materials: forged iron or steel, with engraved and punched decoration and silver inlay
Dimensions: 86cm (maximum length)
Accession Number: MTW 1158
Other Notes:
The chain mail consists of alternate rows of cut and uncut rings. The slightly overlapping plates bear an inscription including the title Sultan, though his name is either absent or incompletely legible. Their most notable decorative features are pointed lotus medallions with fleur-de-lis finials which are characteristic of the designs of silks in Ilkhanid style from Spain, Italy, Egypt and, doubtless, Iran in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Bibliography:
D. Alexander, The Arts of War. Arms and Armour of the 7th to 19th Centuries, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume XXI, London 1992, cat.26, pp.68–9.
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