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These elements belong to a costume armor made for a young member of the powerful Radziwill family of Poland. It is a rare example of a costume armor made in Nuremberg rather than Augsburg.
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Title: Right Vambrace and Left Cuisse (Arms and Thigh Defenses) from a Costume Armor
Date: ca. 1525
Geography: Nuremberg
Culture: German, Nuremberg
Medium: Steel
Dimensions: 42.50.24a; L. 24 in. (61.0 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); 42.50.24b; L. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm); W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Classification: Armor Parts
Credit Line: Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
Accession Number: 42.50.24a, b
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