Chain mail shirt
Indian - North
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1600 - 1800
Materials
Steel and leather
Measurements
970 mm (L); 460 mm (W)
Place of origin
India
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1180560
Summary
Chainmail coat (zirah bagtar) - Coat of chainmail with four large and four small shaped body plates fastening at the centre of the front, the 'fleur-de-lys' looped fastenings bound with a leather thong. The three row of back plates - plain rectangular, with the middle row concave at the centre. The long sleeves and flared skirts of coarse steel chain. Inventories - 1775, No.10 'A Coat of Mail of Chain' Clive's inventory of goodsc.1805 '1 Coat of Mail of Chain. 1 helmet'. North Indian, 17th/18th century.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with funding from The National Heritage Memorial Fund from John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and Powis Estate Trustees in August 1999.
Makers and roles
Indian - North , maker