Parts of an Armor for the Tilt

Gallery 346, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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Parts of an Armor for the Tilt

c. 1550-60

Artist/maker unknown, French

These are the remains of an extremely rare form of armor made in France during the mid-sixteenth century for use in the tilt. Only one armor fragment preserved in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris, compares with these pieces. The delicate original etched and gilded ornamentation of the armor, now abraded, can be best observed beneath the right reinforcing shoulder plate and on the lower right arm.

Gallery 346, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

Object Details

Title:

Parts of an Armor for the Tilt

Date:

c. 1550-60

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, French

Medium:

Iron alloy (steel), partially etched and gilded; copper alloy (brass); leather

Dimensions:

Weight: 32.7 lb. (14816g) Weight (left pauldron): 2.5 lb., 2 pounds 8.4 ounces (1145 x 1145g) Weight (right Pauldron): 2.6 lb., 2 pounds 9.7 ounces (1182 x 1182g) Weight (reinforce for the right pauldron): 0.8 lb., 13.3 ounces (376 x 376g) Weight (left vambrace): 3.9 lb., 3 pounds 13.6 ounces (1747 x 1747g) Weight (right vambrace): 4 lb., 3 pounds 15.4 ounces (1796 x 1796g) Weight (left gauntlet): 1.3 lb., 1 pounds 4.3 ounces (576 x 576g) Weight (right gauntlet): 1.3 lb., 1 pounds 4.2 ounces (574 x 574g)

Classification:

Arms and Armor

Credit Line:

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

Accession Number:

1977-167-28a--i

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

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Gallery 346, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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