Art Institute of Chicago
Gorget
French
- Date
- 1590/1600
- Medium
- Steel, gilding, brass, translucent enamel, and leather
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Intended to protect the neck, by the late 16th century the gorget had also become a symbol of rank, as men wore the pieces in civilian contexts as a fashionable allusion to military prowess or status. This example is painted with red and black translucent glass enamel, a rare and fragile decoration that has all but shattered off the fine interlace pattern.
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- Object type
- AAT300209266
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