Left Cuisse with Poleyn (upper leg armor)

Culture Northern German

Date1550–1575

Mediumsteel, brass and leather

Dimensions40 × 18.5 × 10 cm (15 3/4 × 7 5/16 × 3 15/16 in.), 1 lb 15 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.79.1.11

DescriptionConsists of mainplate with 2 articulating plates above; poleyn with 1 articulating plate above and below, plus a terminal lame at the base (this last is old but associated, bearing different decoration). The top 2 plates detach via a keyhole and pegs. There are large patches at the top of the mainplate and the adjoining area of the plate above it.
ProvenanceHollingworth Magniac collection (England; to 1892) Joseph Duveen (NYC and London) Oliver H.P. Belmont (NYC and Newport, RI) Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, LI). Purchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Armor was numbered #A-52/302 in the Mackay collection. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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