Right Vambrace
Culture
Italian
, or
Culture
German
Date1575–1580, reworked in the 1800s
MediumSteel with later engraving, gilding, and blueing; brass; leather; modern restorations
Dimensions42 × 12.5 × 15 cm (16 9/16 × 4 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.), 3 lb, 2 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1140.8
DescriptionConsists of upper cannon with turner of 2 plates riveted together (perhaps formerly flexing on a sliding rivet); elbow-plate with 1 lame above, 1 below; lower cannon of 2 hinged plates. Laminated guards inside elbows, as on foot combat armors. Many of the rivets are made from nails. Elbow has small with and shallow angular pucker. L cowter has hole for pasguard.ProvenancePurchased by John W. Higgins on January 18, 1928 from Sir Joseph Duveen (NY), their no. 28258. Given to the Museum on March 21, 1928. This suit can be seen in a pre-1918 photo of the S. E. Kennedy collection in London (see Kennedy file). Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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