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Portions of a Costume Armor

Kolman Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, 1471–1532)

Date: ca. 1525
Accession Number: 24.179; 26.188.1, .2; 29.158.363a, b

Shield

Attributed to Girolamo da Treviso (Italian, Treviso ca. 1498–1544 Boulogne-sur-Mer)

Date: ca. 1535
Accession Number: 42.50.16

Shield (Grere'o [?])

Date: early to mid-19th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.730

Armor (Gusoku)

Helmet bowl signed Saotome Iye[tada?] (Japanese, Edo period)

Date: 16th and 18th centuries
Accession Number: 14.100.172

Harquebusier's Armor of Pedro II, King of Portugal (reigned 1683–1706) with Buff Coat

Armor attributed to Richard Holden (British, London, recorded 1658–1708)

Date: ca. 1683
Accession Number: 15.113.1–.5; 29.158.885

Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor

Date: ca. 1510
Accession Number: 14.25.716

Burgonet with Falling Buffe

Date: ca. 1550
Accession Number: 04.3.217; 22.140

Shield of Henry II of France

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 34.85

Tournament or Cavalry Shield

Date: ca. 1450
Accession Number: 25.26.1

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head

Date: ca. 1475–80
Accession Number: 23.141

Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias

Signature probably refers to Jean Drouart (French, Paris, died before October 1715)

Date: dated 1712
Accession Number: 1989.3

Armor (Yoroi)

Date: early 14th century
Accession Number: 14.100.121b–e

Burgonet

Filippo Negroli (Italian, Milan, ca. 1510–1579)

Date: dated 1543
Accession Number: 17.190.1720

Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt

Date: second half 16th century
Accession Number: 2011.236

Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland

Made under the direction of Jacob Halder (British, master armorer at royal workshops at Greenwich, documented in England 1558–1608)

Date: 1586
Accession Number: 32.130.6a–y

Armor

Date: ca. 1400–1450 and later
Accession Number: 29.154.3

Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I

Kunz Lochner (German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567)

Date: dated 1549
Accession Number: 33.164a–x

Helmet (Spangenhelm)

Date: 6th–7th century
Accession Number: 42.50.1

Armor of Henry II of France

Date: ca. 1555
Accession Number: 39.121a–n

Armor Garniture, Probably of King Henry VIII of England (reigned 1509–47)

Design of the decoration attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)

Date: dated 1527
Accession Number: 19.131.1a–r, t–w, .2a–c; 27.183.16

Mask

Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira (Japanese, Edo period, 1673–1745)

Date: dated 1745
Accession Number: 19.115.2

Costume Armor in the Classical Style

Helmet includes original paper label of Hallé (French, Paris, active ca. 1780–1800)

Date: ca. 1788–90
Accession Number: 1988.65.1–.2