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Michael L.
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 Posted: Wed 27 May, 2015 12:32 pm Post subject: Need more info on this harness |
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Hello, I'm looking for more information on this particular harness. I eventually would like to have a suit custom made similar to this design and I would like to know more about it. I believe it's from the 16th century, however I do not know the country of origin. It also seems like a museum piece (maybe from the St. Petersburg Artillery museum?)
Any info I could get would be extremely helpful.
Thanks
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Gottfried P. Doerler
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nice pictures 
there`s nothing better than decent mid/late 15th cent. armour.
sadly it comes a bit short here.
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Neil Bockus
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Those are two different armors. The top one is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It was made by Kunz Lochner in Nuremberg, around 1549. I am actually having a harness made for me based on that armor right now. The lower one appears to have similar form, but it is a different armor (pay attention to the pauldrons, the shield, embossing and etching, etc.). That lower picture looks familiar to me, but I'm not sure where that armor is located.
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James Arlen Gillaspie
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Location: upstate NY Joined: 10 Nov 2005
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The second harness is in Kansas City, Missouri, and is a fine example of a North Italian harness c. 1560, except for the helm, which is German. I feel like a complete idiot for never having noticed that before.  The harness on foot next to it has an Italian helm, though.
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Travis Canaday
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| James Arlen Gillaspie wrote: | | The second harness is in Kansas City, Missouri, and is a fine example of a North Italian harness c. 1560, except for the helm, which is German. I feel like a complete idiot for never having noticed that before. The harness on foot next to it has an Italian helm, though. |
Yes! It's at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. It mesmerized me as a child. It's been a couple years since I have visited the museum, but I assume it is still on display. They also have a very nice set of Japanese armor.
If you ever find yourself in K.C., the Nelson is definitely worth a visit.
Travis
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