Parts of a Garniture for the Field, Joust and Tourney

Item

Title
Parts of a Garniture for the Field, Joust and Tourney
Rights
The Wallace Collection, London, UK. Creative Commons.
Creator
Unknown,
Date
ca. 1550
Description
This group of objects comprises portions of a large garniture, with elements for the German joust in the Italian manner, elements for the German joust, and elements for the field. The elements include a reinforcing breastplate, a grandguard, a reinforcing bevor, a manifer for the joust, a burgonet for the field, the left pauldron and gauntlet, greaves, a short cuisse, as well as a demi-shaffron for a horse.
Format
Steel, copper alloy, leather and gold, embossed, etched and gilt. : 1.96 kg, helmet 3.6 kg, breastplate 1.71 kg, pauldron 0.31 kg, gauntlet 0.55 kg, cuisse 0.89 kg, greave (right) 0.92 kg, greave (left) 2.57 kg, bevor 1.95 kg, grandguard 1.53 kg, pasguard, 1.58 kg, left gauntlet reinforce 1.53 kg, manifer, 1.12 kg, tassets, 1.4 kg, demi-shaffron
Publisher
The Wallace Collection
Contributor
Rieley Lawson
Identifier
The Wallace Collection. A43
Subject
steel; leather;armor; garniture;
Source
Jpeg File. The Wallace Collection. 11/02/2025
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Item sets
Rieley collection
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