Cleveland Museum of Art
"Waistcoat" Cuirass (Combined Breast and Backplates)
- Date
- c. 1580
- Medium
- Steel; brass rivets simulating buttons
- Culture
- North Italy, 16th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This cuirass is a specialized type of costume armor. In addition to protecting its owner's torso, it was clearly intended to simulate a civilian jacket, or doublet, with a row of buttons down the front. The owner would have opened it like an ordinary doublet since the two halves are hinged to a narrow backplate. While it would provide some protection to the torso, the armor here is very light; fashion not function was the prerequisite.
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