Experimental Armor
Culture
American
19th century
Date1917–1918
Mediumsteel, copper, brass, rubber sponge, paint, fabric and leather
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1176
DescriptionConsists of armet-style helmet, neck defense, breastplate with tassets, caplike shoulder guards, vambraces consisting of upper cannon/cowter/lower cannon/handguard, leg defenses consisting of cuisse/poleyn/greaveProvenancePurchased by the museum on 10 June 1940 from Russell Uniform Company (1600 Broadway, NYC). Previously lot #107, U.S. Army Ordnance sale, Middletown Ordnance Reserve Department (Middletown, PA), 19 December 1922. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
Northern Italian
1560–1570
