Trousers

Description

Trousers of chain-mail with inserted plates of steel engraved with animals and floral ornament and inlaid with gold scrollwork, with leather and textile components: Middle East, Iran, 16th or 17th century

Museum reference

A.1890.268

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Trousers

Production information

Iran, West Asia

Date

16th - 17th century

Materials

Steel, Gold, Leather, Textile

Physical description

Chain mail with inserted plates of steel engraved with animals and floral ornament and inlaid with gold scrollwork; leather and textile components

Associations

Paris Exhibition of 1889

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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