**A NEAR OR MIDDLE EASTERN MAIL SHIRT, 18TH/19TH CENTURY formed of alternating rows of welded and riveted rings of circular-section wire, with a central opening at the front, short sleeves and a hip-length skirt divided at the rear, the edges of the sleeves, skirt and front-opening later decorated with butted brass rings (the whole with numerous working-life repairs, extensively holed, showing losses at the edges and moderately heavily patinated overall)59.0 cm; 23¼ inProvenanceFrank Gair Macomber, Boston, Massachusetts, sold American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, 10-12 December 1936, lot 352JWHA Inv. No. 2420 £200-300