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Whole composite armour, for field or cavalry use, decorated with fluting in the Maximilian fashion. Consisting of an armet, a collar, a breast plate with skirt and tassets, a backplate with skirt, a pair of spaudlers and vambraces, a pair of gauntlets, a pair of cuisses and polyens, and a pair of greaves and sabatons.
History note: Stated in the manuscript catalogues of the Stead Collection to have come from a Dresden collection.
Method of acquisition: Given (1936-01-15) by Stead, E. W. and Gilbert
16th Century, Early#
Circa
1510
CE
-
1520
CE
Accession number: M.1.1A-H-1936
Primary reference Number: 17686
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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