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The Metropolitan Museum's Department of Arms and Armor consists of approximately 15,000 objects that range in date from about 400 B.C. to the 19th century. Though Western Europe and Japan are the regions most strongly represented, the geographical range of the collection is extraordinary. This screen saver focuses on works of outstanding craftsmanship and decoration.
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Armor of George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland, ca. 1580–85
Made in the Royal Workshops
English (Greenwich)
Munsey Fund, 1932 (32.130.6)
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Rowel Spur, ca. 1400
French or Spanish (Catalonia)
Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913 (14.25.1737)
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Burgonet with Falling Buffe, ca. 1555
French (Paris)
Burgonet: Rogers Fund, 1904; Buffe: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1922 (04.3.217; 22.140)
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Shield of Henry II of France, ca. 1555
Probably after designs by Étienne Delaune (1518/19–1583)
French (Paris)
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934 (34.85)
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Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias, 1712
Made by Drouar (possibly André Drouart)
French (Paris)
Purchase, Armand Hammer, Occidental Petroleum Corporation Gift, 1989 (1989.3)
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Tournament Shield (Targe), ca. 1450
German
Gift of Mrs. Florence Blumenthal, 1925 (25.26.1)
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Tournament Helm (Stechhelm), ca. 1500
German (probably Nuremberg)
Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1929 (29.156.67a)
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Tournament Book, late 16th century
German (Nuremberg)
Rogers Fund, 1922 (22.229)
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Hunting Sword, ca. 1740–50
Ivory grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (1717–1787)
German (possibly Munich)
Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926 (26.145.243)
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Helmet, late 15th century; Ak-Koyunlu/Shirvan period
Iranian
Rogers Fund, 1950 (50.87)
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Mask, 1745; Edo period
Myochin Muneakira (1673–1745)
Japanese
Rogers Fund, 1919 (19.115.2)
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Armor (Yoroi), early 14th century; Late Kamakura period
Japanese
Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914 (14.100.121)
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