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Backplate
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Backplate

Culture
Dateabout 1520
Mediumsteel and leather
Dimensions28 × 37 × 16 cm (11 × 14 9/16 × 6 5/16 in.), 3 lb 10 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1174.5
DescriptionHeavily ground down to remove corrosion, with large patches. Waistlame is probably an associated old lame. Associated to breastplate.
ProvenanceClarence H. Mackay (d. 1939). Purchased by Museum on April 1, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay, dealer's no. A-30/112. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Bevor (chin guard)
Spanish
about 1500
Conservation Status: After Treatment
"Sallet" Helmet
Southern German
1480–1490
Image Not Available for Right Tasset
Right Tasset
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
Image Not Available for Left Tasset
Left Tasset
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Breastplate for Heavy Cavalry Use, decorated with etched bands and borders
Michel Witz the Younger
1530s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
"Maximilian" Breastplate and Fauld
Northern Italian
about 1510–1515
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Left Cuisse
European
1912, using some old metal and components
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Left Cuisse with Poleyn (upper leg armor)
Northern German
1550–1575
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Backplate for Heavy Cavalry Use, decorated with etched bands and borders
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
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Right Pauldron
German
1800s
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Left Pauldron
German
1800s
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Right Vambrace
Austrian
about 1530–1540, with restorations from 1800s