IDENTIFIERS
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id:	139813
accession number:	O.188-1879

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Thursday 6 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: In the form of a short jacket, opening at the fromnt, with a slit at the rear. It has short sleeves. The mail is formed of alternate rows of riveted and solid links. The riveted links are of oval section wire, and fastened with round rivets. The solid links are a mixture, mostly oval section wire also, though some are of the characteristic faceted form. The links at the chest are heavier than those of the skirt
title:	mail shirt

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Robert Taylor
creditline: Given by Robert Taylor, MA

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/139813





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1600
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1600
culture:	16th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 79

dimension: Link Diameter
units: cm
value: 1.2-0.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 45.5



CITATIONS
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List of arms presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by Robert Tayler, Esq. February 10 1879
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