Fauld (breastplate skirt)

Culture Northern Italian

Date1490–1500

Mediumsteel

DimensionsMeasurements of lames combined: 11.4 × 36.1 × 18.1 cm (4 1/2 × 14 3/16 × 7 1/8 in.), 1 lb 3 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.879

DescriptionOf small size. 4 upwardly overlapping narrow steel lames concave to body, flaring out towards bottom. Lames of equal depth over length as dip slightly towards middle from plain ends. All edges plain & without turns. Slight, hollow-flanged low arch at medial point of basal lame. Lames articulated by flat-headed rivets near ends; no signs of mounts for internal leathers. To either side of arched flange on basal lame, at upper edge, is punched hole. These were probably for inner set of leather straps for tassets; outer ones were probably secured to articulating rivets at lame ends.
ProvenanceRhodes Beshiklash his brother in Paris Louis R. Bachereau Bashford Dean Purchased by John W. Higgins on September 28, 1928 from estate of Bashford Dean (Riverdale, NY), odd lot #3. Given to the Museum on January 8, 1947. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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