Right Leg Defense (Greave)

Unknown

late 15th–early 16th century · Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather · Arms and Armor

This right leg guard, along with a left leg guard also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 1990.229), forms the only known matching pair of mail-and-plate guards of the fifteenth century for the lower legs. Similar floral ornament and Arabic inscriptions also are found on turban helmets.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 15th–early 16th century

Medium

Steel, iron, silver, gold, tin, leather

Culture

Turkish, Istanbul (?)

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935