Left Cuisse
Culture
English
Datemid-1800s
Mediumsteel, brass and leather
Dimensions39 × 19 × 6 cm (15 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 2 3/8 in.), 4 lb 14 oz (weight with Greaves and Sabatons)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1165.5
DescriptionLeg defenses in Augsburg fashion of 1570-1590, with brass-capped rivets. Cuisses of two detachable plates, upper with pair of laminations above, curving up and out. Rounded poleyns with oval side-wing and narrow basal lame with keyhole shots for 3/4 closed, restored greaves (possibly English, ca. 1860-79), shaped to leg with no provisions for spurs. Blunt-toed integral sabatons of eleven lames each.ProvenancePurchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, Janaury 2014.
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