I'm aware of period iconography of scale armor being used in the 14th century. I'm unaware of seeing scale armor at all in the 15th century. Out of curiosity, is anyone aware of any examples, either existing or through iconography?

In the early 15th century it's not unusual to find scale skirts, sabatons, or aventails. Are you looking for complete scale body armors instead?

http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/mi02308g13a.jpg

At least to mid-century. Styles really start changing when sallets get popular, and I haven't done as much research in the later 15th century.
http://manuscriptminiatures.com/3932/10786/
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The desire for doing things in the antique style (Polish, "Sarmatian"-style, scale armors into the 17th century springs to mind) gives some odd constructions like this late 16th century scale-covered peascod breast -
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I'm sure I've seen some steel breastplates embossed with scale patterns too, so interpretation of statuary and manuscripts can be challenging.

Mart, is that a steel breastplate covered in bone scales? Looks beautiful.

https://www.hermitage.nl/en/tentoonstellingen/alexander_de_grote/hoogtepunten.htm

Picture caption says ivory, description says bone plaques. Which is correct? Perhaps carved ivory and bone scales?

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Breastplate from a cuirass, Italy, late 16th century, Steel, ivory, forged, carved This steel breastplate is covered with round bone platelets and (lion) masks. The soldier in the central portrait wears a helmet with a crest in the form of a mythical creature, the hydra. The cuirass imitates scale armour, which was used from antiquity.

And an odd one in the Stibbert in Florence:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/d_a_biggs/17143135460/in/album-72157649967970943/

http://www.amazon.com/Armourers-Medieval-Craf...+armourers

The cover of this book has a depiction in which the cuirass on the right has a scale fauld.

The Stibbert one is a one piece steel breastplate that's had repousse scales put in, its not seperate scales.

And if you wanted a helmet to with that scale peascod....

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http://gladius.revistas.csic.es/index.php/gla...load/21/22

Not 15th (rather thought to be 16th) but interesting for reference.