‡A PAIR OF CUISSES IN THE ITALIAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1580

‡A PAIR OF CUISSES IN THE ITALIAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1580, LATE 19TH CENTURY each consisting of a medially-ridged, gutter-shaped cuisse, a winged poleyn of five outward-overlapping lames, the upper edge of the cuisse with roped inward turn and recessed border, and the poleyns each decorated with incised lines 42.5 cm; 16 3/4 in (2) Provenance From an armour formerly in the Whawell collection, sold 19th April 1926. George F. Harding Jr., Chicago Transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982, Acc. No. 1982.2392