Armor from a Small Garniture for Field and Tournament
Object type: Armor
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: German, Nuremberg
Artist: Kunz Lochner
Artist bio: German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567
Artist role: Armorer
Artist nationality: German
Date: dated 1548, with later restorations
Medium: Steel, leather, copper alloy, textile
Dimensions: Wt. approx. 56 lb. (25.4 kg); helmet (a): H. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm); W. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); D. 13 in. (33 cm); Wt. 7 lb. 10.15 oz. (3463 g); gorget (b): H. 6 in. (15.2 cm); W. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); D. 10 in. (25.4 cm); Wt. 2 lb. (907 g); breastplate with tassets (c): H. 26 9/16 in. (67.5 cm); W. 21 in. (53.3 cm); D. 8 in. (20.3 cm); Wt. 14 lb. 11.25 oz. (6669 g); lance rest (d): H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); D. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Wt. 10.25 oz. (291 g); backplate (e): H. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); W. 15 1/4 in. (38.8 cm); D. 7 7/16 in. (18.9 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 11.4 oz. (2591 g); right pauldron (f): H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); D. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 2.5 oz. (978 g); right haute piece (g): H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); D. 8 in. (20.3 cm); Wt. 6.75 oz. (191 g); left pauldron (h): H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); D. 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 5.1 oz. (1051 g); left haute piece (i): H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); D. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); Wt. 6.55 oz. (185 g); right arm defense (j): H. 18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm); W. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); D. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 11.4 oz. (1230 g); left arm defense (k): H. 18 5/16 in. (46.5 cm); W. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); D. 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 9 oz. (1162 g); right gauntlet (l): H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm); D. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 5.95 oz. (622 g); left gauntlet (m): H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); D. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 3.3 oz. (547 g); right upper cuisse (n): H. 10 11/16 in. (27.1 cm); W. 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm); D. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 5.75 oz. (616 g); right lower cuisse with poleyn (knee defense) (o): H. 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); D. 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 1 oz. (481 g); left upper cuisse (p): H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm); D. 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 6.5 oz. (638 g); left lower cuisse with poleyn (knee defense) (q): H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm); D. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 1.45 oz. (495 g); right greave and sabaton (r): H. 17 15/16 in. (45.6 cm); W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); D. 12 9/16 in. (31.9 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 12.65 oz. (1265 g); left greave and sabaton (s): H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); W. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm); D. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 14.15 oz. (1308 g)
Classification: Armor for Man
Geography:  Nuremberg     
Credit line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. Bashford Dean, 1929
Accession year: 1929