http://youtu.be/NjKbi7YUNaI?t=3m
It seems like an incredible dense mail!
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The mail from the Met video from 1920 [ Download ]
Peter Törlind wrote: |
Is there someone who has some more info about the METs mail from this video (the needelproof one;-)
http://youtu.be/NjKbi7YUNaI?t=3m It seems like an incredible dense mail! |
Kai Lawson wrote: |
Erik--
Do you know if the smaller, tighter weave at the upper end of the bishops mantle above has intentionally exaggerated flattening of the ring near the rivet, or might that be a by-product of using a set of pliers that could be used on larger rings (and smooshing the ring a bit more)? The mesh is so close that the flattened area covers the body of the ring next to it--it looks intentional. Is it? |
Eric S wrote: | ||
I would like to see that as well, the video is seriously bad. There are some detailed examples of similar dense mail from other armors. |
Philip Dyer wrote: | ||||
Bad as in video quality or bad as in overall quality? Because I found this video informative and fun to watch. About the video quality, the video is recording from a video made in the 1920s, what did you expect? |
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A Visit to the Armor Galleries
The Metropolitan Museum of Art In the 1920s the Metropolitan began to explore filmmaking as part of its educational program, and in 1924 it released two films about Arms and Armor. In preparation for this new undertaking, Bashford Dean, the head of the Arms and Armor department, sought the advice of Hollywood professionals D. W. Griffith and John Barrymore. Once the scripts were complete Dean left most of the actual work to his young assistant curators, Stephen V. Grancsay and Thomas T. Hoopes, who also appear in the films. A Visit to the Armor Galleries was especially popular and includes memorable scenes: a Gothic armor steps out of its vitrine to answer visitors' questions about the collection, a seesaw with a small child on one end and a medieval mail shirt on the other demonstrates the relatively modest weight of armor, and a fully armored knight on horseback gallops through Central Park, with Belvedere Castle (the park's weather station) rising picturesquely in the background. When actor Douglas Fairbanks Sr. viewed the film at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, he pronounced it "bully." |
Erik D. Schmid wrote: |
That's not really much at all. Several years back they were selling for more than double that. The antique and collectables market has dipped considerably over the years. It's become a buyer's market now, which is nice. :) |
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European (German) Bishop's Mantle, 16th c, circa 1580, over 100,000 very small riveted steel links with latten borders at the neck and hem, standing collar of semi-rigid mail extended downwards over the points of the shoulders, continued with slightly larger rings, front opening extending to mid-chest level fastened by elaborate silver-gilt 'hook and eye' clasps, cast and chased with scrollwork and conventional foliage and with traces of coloured enamel, 31˝in. (80cm.) |
James Arlen Gillaspie wrote: |
Here is some absolutely mad stuff that came in with other work (missing rings here and there. Not the first time I'd seen links this fine, but it has been over a decade, and it was Eastern stuff. Yes, those are butted rings holding that denser weave band to the lighter body. It moves like fabric, and is completely noiseless. |
James Arlen Gillaspie wrote: |
It's in the form of a 'bishop's mantle'. |
James Arlen Gillaspie wrote: |
At arm's length, this stuff almost LOOKS like fabric. The labor involved would be insane. :eek: |
James Arlen Gillaspie wrote: |
Eric, I think your penny is smaller than mine by over a quarter of an inch. ;) That's apparent screen size, at least on my monitor. |
Kai Lawson wrote: |
Wow! Are there any more pictures of this very fine (in both senses) theta mail? |