Indian (Mysore) quilted armor (peti), late 17th c, thick quilted armor was used to protect Mysorean soldiers going into battle, apparently with a great degree of success. Benjamin Sydenham, an aide-de-camp to Richard Wellesley, stated that "it is perfectly certain that that these stuff and quilted jackets were frequently found to resist the sabres of even European Cavalry" (quoted in Moienuddin, Mohammed, Sunset at Srirangapatam. After the Death of Tipu Sultan, Hyderabad, 2000, p. 92).
