Elements of an Armor Garniture

Medium

Steel, brass, leather

Dimensions

H. of helmet (27.160.1) 10 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); face guard with umbril (27.160.2): 7 1/2 x 8 in. (19.1 x 20.3 cm); reinforcing buffe (27.160.3): 9 1/2 x 12 in. (24.1 x 30.5 cm); shoulder defense (27.160.4): 11 x 11 in. (27.9 x 27.9 cm); L. of each leg defense (27.160.5, .6) 28 in. (71.1 cm); L. of gauntlet (27.160.7) 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); Diam. of vamplate (27.160.8) 10 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)

Classification

Armor

Culture

German, Augsburg

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Archer M. Huntington, 1927

Accession Number

27.160.1–.8