Almain Collar
Date1535–1550
Mediumsteel and leather
Dimensions28 × 55 × 23 cm (11 × 21 5/8 × 9 1/16 in.), 3 lb 15 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsThree nicks in right basal edge of collar rearplate.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1173.1
DescriptionSteel, with modern leathers. 3 plates front & rear, topmost lames with cabled angular inward turn. Frontplate with low medial ridge notched above & terminated in blunt point below. Rearplate beaten down over tops of shoulders, with level basal edge. Neck lames associated, & topmost rear possibly restored. Roughly made holes & cut edges, & positions of spaudler leathers suggest defense once without latter. Empty holes atop shoulders probably once held pauldron straps or posts.
Attached, associated spaudlers of 5 lames each. Low medial ridge full length; edges here bracket-cut, with traces of etched line following edge. Side edges hollow-flanged, with narrow, shallow recessed band. Terminal lame with turned, roped edge followed by double-recessed band rising into cusp at mid-width. Pierced (later) with large hole for post. Buckle & straps at ends. 4th lame up on proper right defense is reworked association. That above seems to be moved up 1 lame. Anterior end of defense with short leather & stud to lock into T-shaped slot on frontplate.
ProvenanceGuy F. Laking (London) Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, L.I.), his A-24 Jacques Seligmann & Company (NYC). Card file states ex (Oliver H.P.) Belmont Collection (NYC and Newport), but not verified by Grancsay's entry. Purchased by Museum on July 18, 1939 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Paid $500 for suit. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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