Fine Suit of Fluted Armor

Of bright steel, consisting of an armet with large falling below-type visor, the skull finely formed and furnished with a bold roped comb, gorget-plate, globoss breast-plate fluted to the breast, tace of four lames, laminated tassets, cuisses, jambs and splayed toed sollerets; the arm defences have finely moulded wing protectors at the elbow joints, and mitten gauntlets. A pair of pallets or rondels attached at the shoulders do not belong to the suit. Provenance: Purchased by William Randolph Hearst from Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, England, January 23, 1922 for $1,852.30, Beardmore Collection; sold to Gimbel Bros., Inc., September 30, 1943 for $456.https://digitalcommons.liu.edu/post_hearst/1022/thumbnail.jp