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Image Not Available for Fauld for Heavy Cavalry Use, decorated with etched bands and borders
Fauld for Heavy Cavalry Use, decorated with etched bands and borders
Image Not Available for Fauld for Heavy Cavalry Use, decorated with etched bands and borders

Fauld for Heavy Cavalry Use, decorated with etched bands and borders

Artist (Austrian, Innsbruck, 1510–1588)
Dateabout 1530
Mediumsteel and leather
DimensionsMeasurements with Breastplate: 41 × 32.5 × 17 cm (16 1/8 × 12 13/16 × 6 11/16 in.), 13 lb (weight with breastplate and tassets)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1166.4
DescriptionSee breastplate
ProvenanceStadtrath Richard Zschille (Grossenhain, Saxony) Oliver H.P. Belmont (New York and Newport) Clarence H. Mackay (died 1939) Purchased by Museum on April 1, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay, dealer's no. A-41/114. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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