Portions of a Ceremonial Armor

Medium

Steel, copper alloy, gold, leather, textile

Dimensions

Wt.. Overall 17 lb. 7 oz. (7910 g); Wt. of Helmet (a), 4 lbs. 13 oz. (2182.91 g); Wt. of Breastplate (b), 2 lbs. 14 oz. (1304.08 g); Wt. of Tassets (c-d), 2 lbs. 1 oz. (935.53 g); Wt. of Backplate (e), 3 lbs. 1 oz. (1389.13 g); Wt. of Arms (f-g), 2 lbs. 7 oz. (1105.63 g); Wt. of Gauntlets (h-i), 1 lb. (453.59 g)

Classification

Armor for Man-1/2 Armor

Culture

French

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, 1950

Accession Number

50.237.1a–e, h–i

Rights

Public Domain

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