War Hat
Unknown
ca. 1475 · Steel · Arms and Armor
The graceful spiral shape distinguishes this as a masterpiece of fifteenth-century armor making. Similar war hats, usually with gilt ornaments mounted on the apex, are often represented in Franco-Burgundian tapestries.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1475
- Medium
- Steel
- Culture
- Western European, probably Burgundy or Flanders
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1904
