Shirt of Mail and Plate

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Shirt of Mail and Plate

Iran, 15th century
Arms and Armor
Steel with silver inlay and traces of gilding
39 × 24 in. (99.06 × 60.96 cm)
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.729.1)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

This shirt, constructed of small interlocking rings known as mail, was reinforced with rigid plates to cover the vital areas of the body....
This shirt, constructed of small interlocking rings known as mail, was reinforced with rigid plates to cover the vital areas of the body. Related elements of armor likely made in northwestern Iran in the late fifteenth century include a helmet (M.73.5.323, http://collections.lacma.org/node/239643) and two leg guards (M.73.5.729.7, http://collections.lacma.org/node/1767515 and M.73.5.729.8, http://collections.lacma.org/node/1767519). It is not possible to know if the elements were ever used together.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Çakir Phillip, Filiz. "A Reflection on Armour of Then and Now." In Iranian Art from the Sasanians to the Islamic Republic: Essays in Honour of Linda Komaroff, edited by Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom and Sandra S. Williams. Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed.  Islamic Art:  The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection.  Los Angeles:  Museum Associates, 1973.
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