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Backplate
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Backplate

Culture
Dateearly 1600s
Mediumsteel and leather
Dimensions35 × 32 × 15 cm (13 3/4 × 12 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.), 3 lb 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1168.4
DescriptionAssociated to frontplate.
ProvenancePurchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
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German
1545–1550
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Italian
late 16th–early 17th century, with decoration from 19th century
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Italian
late 16th–early 17th century, with decoration from 19th century
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Northern Italian
about 1510-20, assembled and decorated in 1800s
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Northern Italian
about 1480–1490 (frontplate modern)
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Italian
frontplates possibly about 1510, backplate restored
Articulating Backplate
Austrian
early 1600s
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Italian
late 16th–early 17th century, with decoration from 19th century
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Italian
frontplate possibly about 1510, backplate restored
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Southern German
1535–1550
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German
late 1500s
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European
about 1500 (rearplate modern)