Mail Shirt

Unknown Artist

ca. 1500–1600

Mail Shirt by Unknown Artist

Medium

Iron alloy, copper alloy (latten), copper, brass

Dimensions

L. 34 in. (86.4 cm); W. 57 in. (144.8 cm); Diam. (outside) of links 11/16 (17.0 mm); Diam. (inside) of links 7/16 in. (11.0 mm); Wt. 16 lb. 9 oz. (7520.6 g)

Classification

Mail

Culture

Persian

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2014

Accession Number

2014.198

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