Cleveland Museum of Art

Burgonet

Date

c. 1510–40

Medium

steel, radiate flutings

Culture

Italy, Milan(?), 16th century

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

A burgonet is a light, open helmet characterized by a peak, a fall over the eyes, and hinged earpieces. Used by cavalry in the 1500s and 1600s, they were sometimes worn with a buffe , a separate detachable element that protected the face and throat not covered by the burgonet. The burgonet helmet is the successor to the previously worn sallet which was much the same but without the hinged earpieces and extended peak over the eyes.

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