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Backplate from a Brigandine

This plate would have protected the area at the top of the wearer's back at the base of the neck and between the shoulder blades. It retains large sections of its original textile covering.

Credit: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Bequest of Bashford Dean, 1928...

15th century
Steel, brass, linen, textile
21.0cm
29.150.98
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection