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Fauld for Breastplate
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Fauld for Breastplate

Culture German
Date1620–1640
Mediumsteel, brass and leather with gilding
Dimensions37 cm (14 9/16 in.), 11 lb, 6 oz (weight with breastplate)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1136.2.2
ProvenancePurchased by Museum on April 1, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for the estate of Clarence H. Mackay, dealers# A-13-109. The matching saddle plate HAM #3437 was purchased in November 1967.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
On view
Current Location
  • Exhibition Location   Gallery 2202
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Fauld with tassets
German
late 1800s
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Breastplate
Southern German
about 1580
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Breastplate
German
1620–1640
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Breastplate
German
probably late 1800s, in the style of 1550–1575
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Fauld
Netherlandish
1630–1645
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Breastplate with fauld and tassets
Southern German
1530–1550
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Breastplate with Fauld and Tassets
German
about 1525–1530
Image © Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved.
Breastplate of Miniature Cuirass
Southern German
about 1585–1590
Breastplate
Breastplate
German
about 1550 with modern decoration
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Burgonet with Falling Buffe
Southern German
about 1580
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Field Armor, from a Small Garniture, perhaps for Siegmund Friedrich, Freiherr von Herberstein (d. 1621)
Southern German
about 1580, with modern restorations
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Gorget
Southern German
about 1580