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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1580; Classification(s): armour, tassets, hammering, each formed of nine upward-overlapping lames of which the first and last are longer then the rest; hammered, shaped, riveted, with etched and gilt decoration; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.7C-1933]
Description: Pair of tassets for field use, with later etched and gilt decoration. Each formed of nine upward-overlapping lames of which the first and last are longer than the rest. The tasset is in each case of trapezoidal form, widening towards its lower end. It has a concave inner edge and a straight lower edge with rounded corners. The lames are connected to one another by modern brass-capped, round-headed, sliding-rivets at their outer ends and by modern internal leathers at their centres. The top lame is fitted with three modern, double-ended, tongued iron suspension-buckles. The lower edge of each tasset has a file-roped inward turn bordered by a raised rib, while its lateral edges have plain inward partial turns.
The main and subsidiary edges of each tasset are decorated with bands of alternating scrolling foliage on a gilt ground. The decoration is a modern addition. Part of the portion of half armour HEN.M.7A-C-1933 | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | armour Unknown tassets | Temporal: | name=16th century; start=1580; end=1580 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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