Composed Armor
Object type: Composed armor
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Italian
Artist: Julian Arrechia|Raymond Bartel
Artist bio: Spanish, active in New York late 19th–early 20th century|French, died 1949
Artist role: Armorer|Armorer
Artist nationality: Spanish|French
Date: ca. 1450–60 and later, restored and composed in the 1920s
Medium: Steel, copper alloy (latten), leather
Dimensions: Wt. 57 lb. (25.85 g); helmet (a); Wt. 6 lb. 13.4 oz. (3101.4 g); 29.150.7d (backplate); H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); W. 15 1/16 in. (38.3 cm); D. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); 29.150.7g (upper arm defense); H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); D. 10 in. (25.4 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 3.3 oz. (1000.7 g); 29.150.7h (left arm defense); H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm); D. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 7.5 oz. (2027 g); 29.150.7j (right gauntlet); L. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); D. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Wt. 12.1 oz. (343 g); 29.150.7k (left gauntlet); H. 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm); W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); D. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 1.6 oz. (499 g); 29.150.7l (tasset); H. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm); D. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Wt. 15.8 oz. (448 g); 29.150.7m (tasset); H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm); D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Wt. 14.6 oz. (413.9 g); 29.150.7q (thigh defense); H. 19 in. (48.3 cm); W. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); D. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1559.2 g); 29.150.7r (thigh defense); H. 19 in. (48.3 cm); W. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm); D. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 8.6 oz. (1604.6 g); 29.150.7t (greave); H. 16 in. (40.6 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 13 oz. (822.1 g); 29.150.7w (mail shirt); H. 30 5/16 in. (77.0 cm); W. 57 7/8 in. (147.0 cm); Diam. (outside) of front links 5/16 in. (7.6 mm); Diam. (inside) of front links 7/32 in. (5.8 mm); Diam. (outside) of back links 5/16 (7.9 mm); Diam. (inside) of back links 7/32 in. (5.6 mm)

Classification: Armor for Man
Credit line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928
Accession year: 1929