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Record 1 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protective Clothing
  • Period Costumes (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

... the armourer made this from iron, bronze, horn, bone or leather plates fixed by a rivet and washer to a canvas backing. Overlapping each scale downwards guarded the rivets of those scales below, although the maker would use either staggered designs like fish scales ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de protection
  • Costumes anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Armure composée d'une multitudes d'écailles métalliques fixées sur un support en cuir souple.

Spanish

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