Armor for Heavy Cavalry with Matching Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)

Medium

Steel, gold, leather, textile

Dimensions

armor: H. 57 in. (144.78 cm); Wt. 77 lb. 2 oz. (34.98 kg); shaffron: H. 22 in. (55.88 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 14 oz. (1.3 kg)

Classification

Armor for Man-3/4 Armor

Culture

French

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1927

Accession Number

27.177.1, .2