War Hat
Unknown Artist
The graceful spiral shape distinguishes this as a masterpiece of fifteenth-century armor making. Similar war hats, usually with gilt ornaments mounted on the apex, are often represented in Franco-Burgundian tapestries.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1904
c. 1475
Steel
25.9cm
04.3.228
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection