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Culture
European
Dateabout 1590
Mediumsteel, iron, brass, silver, leather, and fabric
Dimensions46 × 40 × 19 cm (18 1/8 × 15 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.), 4 lb,10 oz (weight with loin guard)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.112.4
DescriptionRestored. Short, broad, rounded form. High necked, forming a shallow arc. Single lamed loin-guard secured to waist flange by similar arrangement as that of breast. Edges treated as above, with file marks, except waist flange. Side lower edges at waist fitted with securing straps. Buckles at shoulders (proper right is of period). Interior face with accession number. Loin-guard dips to a medial cusp, is fitted with thirteen brass rivets for now-lost lining.ProvenanceCollection of von Hobertstein-Duveen Brothers (NLT 1888) George Donaldson (ca. 1888-1900) George J. Gould (after 1900-1924) Duveen Brothers (1924-28). Purchased by John Higgins from Duveen Brothers 18 January 1928. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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