Armet with Matching Wrapper
Unknown
ca. 1475 · Steel, leather · Arms and Armor
The armet was typically worn with a wrapper, a reinforcing plate that gave extra protection to the lower face and neck area. This is a rare example of an armet surviving together with its original wrapper.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1475
- Medium
- Steel, leather
- Culture
- Italian, probably Milan
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
