Mail Sleeve 16th century
Formed of small slightly oval rings with an inside diameter of .23-.25 inch thickness .032-.038 inch. . Outside diameter .032-.035 inch. Wrist rings .20-.-25 inch id, od .31-.33 and app. .025 thick. Rings of flattened cross section. With area covering the shoulder and armpit, full sleeve with bend at the elbow and tapering to the form of the arm. All rings riveted. The flattened area at the rivet is slightly bevelled on both sides forming a cross section that is roughly a diamond shape. Wedge rivets flush on the inside and forming a shallow point on the outside. Small rings. The sleeve is tailored using a line of reductions on the upper arm running in a line from near the corner of the cross-grain joint of the armpit to about 5 inches from the elbow. It also has two lines of row reductions in the forearm. There appears to be an intentional opening at the cuff that is 7 rings deep. This would allow the sleeve to fit over the hand and be joined closed. For the left arm. Purchased as a pair with item number M-17.
Images show (in order) M-17-a laid out flat, M-17 on the left and M-17-a on the right, rings at the borrom edge of the body portion from the outside and inside, a single image showing both the inside and outside lower corners of the body with a scale, the lower edge of the body with scales from the outside and inside, the wrist at the split displaying the inside and outside together, the same cuff edge with a scale and finally the lower corner of the body and a corner of the cuff together. All scales are in inches.
Weight 3 pounds (1360g)
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