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Right Gauntlet
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Right Gauntlet

Culture
Date1510–1520
MediumSteel with modern leather
Dimensions12 × 27.5 cm (4 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.), 14 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.114.3
DescriptionMaximilian style. Consists of 2 hinged cuff plates, 6 metacarpal plates lapping upward to knuckle plate, 5 finger lames lapping downward to terminal; hinged thumbplate with 3 thumb lames. Thumb defence on L perhaps associated.
ProvenanceBashford Dean collection; purchased by Museum on October 26, 1950 from Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (NYC), sale no. 1186, lot 97. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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Not on view
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German
1510–1520
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German
about 1540
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German
about 1540, with modern restorations
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German
cuffs probably about 1530, remainder 1800s
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Pompeo della Cesa
about 1590
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German
probably late 1800s, in the style of 1550–1575
"Mitten" Gauntlet for the Right Hand
Flemish
about 1550–1556
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German
cuffs probably about 1530, remainder 1800s
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Pompeo della Cesa
about 1590
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English
about 1585