Backplate from a Brigandine
Unknown Artist
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
21.0 cm
29.150.98
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
