Hammered Steel: The Perfection of Plate Armor

Items

• Armor for Field and Tilt, of Count Franz von Teuffenbach (1516-1578)
  Consists of close-helmet, gorget, breastplate with fauld and tassets; backplate; asymmetric pauldrons with detachable haute-pieces; vambraces (with elbow reinforce on the R); gauntlets; 2-part cuisses; greaves with sabatons. The armor is etched with all'antica bands with trophies, busts, urns, and other motifs.
• Armor for the Tilt
  Armor for the tilt, includes a large shield on the left side of the chest plate and articulating lames along the shoulders, elbows, knees, and feet for increased flexibility. The right side of the helmet depicts a flower design made of alternating lines and hearts.
• Maximilian Armor
  A composite suit of armor in the Maximilian Style, with fluting across the majority of the armor. There is a lance rest on the left side of the armor, articulating lames along the couters and poleyns. The helmet has a fluted design and a comb at the peak, and the face covering was added later.
• Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor
  Half-armor in the earliest stages of the fluted design. There is Italian influence through the use of a more rounded form, along with Gothic influence in the mittened gauntlets.
• Backplate for the Joust of War with exploding shields (Geshifttartschen-Rennen)
  Backplate with sculpted fluting designs meant to mimic Gothic style architecture. The pauldrons hook on to the backplate in order to hold it in place, and both they , the backplate, and the culet use lames in order to increase flexibility.
• Breastplate for the Joust of War with exploding shields (Geshifttartschen-Rennen)
  A slim-waisted breastplate meant to withstand the joust of war, with a thicker breastplate in order to deflect the sharp lances. It has bolt holes along the chest where a sping-loaded shield would have rested. There are several lames along the waist and hips, as well as on the pauldrons at the shoulders in order to improve flexibility.
• Sallet of Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519)
  A type of helmet known as a sallet, it has a face covering that lowers over the front of the face with a mouth and chin covering pivoting from the same place. It's made of steel with a line of gilded fleur-de-lis decorations along the face shield.
• Pair of Gauntlets from a Garniture of Armor of Philip II of Spain (reigned 1556–98)
  A pair of gauntlets made as part of a garniture for armor gifted to Philip II of Spain. The gauntlets don't have individual finger guards, instead they have a mittened type of glove that folds over the hand, encasing the fingers and protecting from injury, and preventing the wearer from dropping their weapon. They are made of steel, with gold decorations along the edges of the gauntlets, and vertical stripes of gold down the finger coverings and wrists.
• Armour of Sir Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst
  A full suit of armor created for Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst. The armor is a dark charcoal color with gold decorations along the edges of the plates, and vertical patterns along the chest and legs.
• Anvil
  There is a hole at the right end and a stake hole at the left end, The front has a decorative motif of two long grooves and the working surface is heavily worn, there was originally an overhang at both the front and back of the working surface, but this has been bent downward through use, the beak is also worn down from use. The tiered base shows signs of seams where it joins the central pedestal.
• The Almain Armourer's Album, My Lorde Bucarte
  An armor design by Jacob Halder for Lord Thomas Sackville, (1536-1608), Lord Buckhurst and 1st Earl of Dorset. On the right page, it depicts a full suit of armor, colored red with gilded vertical designs decorating the armor. On the left side, additional garniture pieces are shown.
• Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)
  A full suit of steel armor completely covered with gilding. Some parts of the armor have deteriorated with age, including a spot on the chest-piece, the right hand gauntlet, both sabatons, and the helmet.
• Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland
  A full suit of armor made of steel with gilded patterns across the entire suit. Fleur-de-lis designs and decorative knots
• The Almain Armourer's Album, The Earle of Cumberland
  A drawing of the armor design for George Clifford, 5th earl of Cumberland. On the left page is the full armor design, with the right page depicting several parts of the garniture. The armor is a base red color with striped and fleur-de-lis designs in gold.
• Field Armor in the Hungarian Style for Baron Bartholomäus Khevenhüller
  Half armor in the Hungarian style, decorated through the use of blueing and gilded edging. The back shoulder plates are decorated with a leaf and acorn motif. It is missing upper arm cannons. There is a leather belt at the waist.