OTTOMAN CHAIN-MAIL STEEL VEST (IUSHMAN) AND MANNEQUIN,17th century. Inserted with rectangular plates into the chain mesh, the front open, Arabic calligraphy on plates.
For a similar shirt see " The Tsars and the East, Gifts from Turkey and Iran in the Moscow Kremlin", Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, ill. p. 56, 57 pl. 20. "This form of protective armor appeared in the Near East and central Asia in the late fourteenth century and was used in Russia and eastern Europe to the end of the seventeen century". - 37 in. high. Estimate $400-600
PROVENANCE: Wayside Inn, Middletown, VA
There is some rust. At the back few rings fastening the plaques are missing.
