Breastplate from Hussar's Cuirass, c. 1580. Germany, Augsburg or Hungary, 16th century. Steel (originally blued, now russet), etched and gilded strapwork bands; ; overall: x 35 cm (16 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.). This style of breastplate, with its numerous articulating lames, was probably used by a Hungarian hussar, a type of light cavalryman. The steel plates were originally blued-now turned russet-and etched and gilded with strapwork bands. The rows of vertical holes once provided gilt-brass settings for stones or glasspaste jewels. The effect would have suggested the semi-oriental costume and
Breastplate from Hussar's Cuirass, c. 1580. Germany, Augsburg or Hungary, 16th century. Steel (originally blued, now russet), etched and gilded strapwork bands; ; overall: x 35 cm (16 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.). This style of breastplate, with its numerous articulating lames, was probably used by a Hungarian hussar, a type of light cavalryman. The steel plates were originally blued-now turned russet-and etched and gilded with strapwork bands. The rows of vertical holes once provided gilt-brass settings for stones or glasspaste jewels. The effect would have suggested the semi-oriental costume and armor of the Near East favored by Polish and Hungarian armies of the late Renaissance.
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