Mail Shirt
19th century (made)
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Elbow length sleeved shirt composed of fine copper, steel and brass butted mail links in a chevron diaper pattern with brass diamond borders. Red velvet covers a leather reinforced standing collar with an overcollar of mail of the same type with dagged ends
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Steel, copper and brass butted mail links |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Elbow length sleeved shirt composed of fine copper, steel and brass butted mail links in a chevron diaper pattern with brass diamond borders. Red velvet covers a leather reinforced standing collar with an overcollar of mail of the same type with dagged ends.; Persian; Arms and armour. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170. |
| Physical description | Elbow length sleeved shirt composed of fine copper, steel and brass butted mail links in a chevron diaper pattern with brass diamond borders. Red velvet covers a leather reinforced standing collar with an overcollar of mail of the same type with dagged ends |
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| Object history | This object was bought in Tehran in 1874 by Robert Murdoch Smith, on behalf of the Museum. In one transaction totalling £33.4/, Murdoch Smith bought a range of art objects, including ceramics, metalwork and textiles, from Henry Michael Collins, a British telegraph engineer stationed in Iran between 1872 and 1878. |
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| Accession number | 1300-1874 |
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| Record created | December 17, 2002 |
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