A MAIL SHIRT WITH STEEL PLATES
A MAIL SHIRT WITH STEEL PLATES
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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A MAIL SHIRT WITH STEEL PLATES

INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

Details
A MAIL SHIRT WITH STEEL PLATES
INDIA, 17TH CENTURY
The mail of riveted links, the front with eight steel protective plates with eight floral strap mounts and copper alloy decorative borders, the back with three long sections of lamellar steel plates flanked by four steel plates with copper alloy decorative borders
38 ¾in. (98.5 cm.) long
Literature
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no.139
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991, p. 58, no. 334
Exhibited
Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991
World Islamic Civilisations Festival, Kuala Lumpur, 1994

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