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Composite armour: HEN.M.14A-L-1933

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Composite armour consisting of a close helmet, a collar, a breastplate with skirt, a backplate, a tasset for the right thigh, a tasset for the left thigh, a pauldron and vambrace for the right arm, a pauldron and vambrace for the left arm, a gauntlet for the right hand, a gauntlet for the left hand, two cuisses and poleyns almost forming a pair and a pair of greaves and sabatons.

Notes

History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

16th Century
17th Century#
Circa 1510 CE - 1620 CE

Note

Pieces from Italy, Germany, Spain and France

Components of the work

Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Forming
Hammering

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.14A-L-1933
Primary reference Number: 17892

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 14 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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