Left Pauldron from an Armor of Galiot de Genouilhac (1465-1546)

Date1518–1525

Mediumetched and gilded steel with modern brass and leather

Dimensions26 × 30 × 29 cm (10 1/4 × 11 13/16 × 11 7/16 in.), 4 lb, 4 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.806.5

DescriptionSimilar form and construction to R, but without cut-out armpit. Higher haute-piece. Of 6 articulated lames working on sliding rivets. Mid-anterior face of central lame fitted with restored small decorative latten boss (lacking on right pauldron; this boss is stored with the besagew for the armor). This fills the hole for the mounting of a reinforce. Components similarly etched, except for mid-lower lame which is etched with a bordered double helix motif. Holes for attaching to colletin remain on uppermost lame, but are reamed larger. There is an odd scratched line and 2 Xs on the mainplate under the topmost of the lames below.

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ProvenanceFranz Thill Collection, Vienna (gorget and breastplate, to 1905) S. J. Whawell Frank Gair Macomber, Boston. Helmet: John Long Severance purchase for the Cleveland Museum of Art, exchanged with Bashford Dean (#16) for equestrian armor. Dean acquired the gorget and breastplate from Macomber, having already borrowed and displayed them with the helmet in Metropolitan Museum of Art's 1911 catalogue, #39, pl. XXV). Dean is responsible for the full composed suit, adding his helmet, pauldrons, and Marchat restorations in 1912. Clarence H. Mackay (#A.49-until (?) 1941) Kende Galleries at Gimbel Bros. (1941). Purchased by the Armory on 26 December 1941, from Gimbel Bros./Hammer Galleries (NYC) as suit A-49 of the Mackay estate. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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