Right Cuisse
Culture
European
Date19th century, incorporating some old metal and components
Mediumsteel and brass with leather
Dimensions44 × 18 × 9 cm (17 5/16 × 7 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.), 2 lb 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.806.10
DescriptionAll restored, perhaps by S. Marchat, except knee-cop (associated) and two lames above, one below. Side wing of cop has roped, single sunken border, filled with gilt etched foliate arabesque; distinct V-shaped pucker with heavy engraved lines following same. The knee-cop is vertically embossed with an elliptical roped medial ridge. Cf. cop with inv. # 699, #140, Odescalchi; Boccia pp. 172, 174.ProvenanceFranz Thill Collection, Vienna (gorget and breastplate, to 1905) S. J. Whawell Frank Gair Macomber, Boston. Helmet: John Long Severance purchase for the Cleveland Museum of Art, exchanged with Bashford Dean (#16) for equestrian armor. Dean acquired the gorget and breastplate from Macomber, having already borrowed and displayed them with the helmet in Metropolitan Museum of Art's 1911 catalogue, #39, pl. XXV). Dean is responsible for the full composed suit, adding his helmet, pauldrons, and Marchat restorations in 1912. Clarence H. Mackay (#A.49-until (?) 1941) Kende Galleries at Gimbel Bros. (1941). Purchased by the Armory on 26 December 1941, from Gimbel Bros./Hammer Galleries (NYC) as suit A-49 of the Mackay estate. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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