A VELVET COAT OF A THOUSAND NAILS (GABARDINE) AND A PAIR OF GLOVES
RAJASTHAN, MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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A VELVET COAT OF A THOUSAND NAILS (GABARDINE) AND A PAIR OF GLOVES
RAJASTHAN, MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The coat elaborately decorated with gilt rivets overall forming a lattice, with en suite gloves, heavily padded
Lot Essay
A complete suit of armour with similar decoration of gilt-headed studs is in the Wallace Collection (E. Jaiwant Paul, Arms and Armour, Traditional Weapons of India, London, 2005, pp.108-111).