German Knee with lames and terminal plate 1620
Almost certainly used with long, knee length tassets on a cuirassier armour. Seven total plates. Cop with central raised ridge, two narrow lames above and below the cop, one longer lame below with inward turned roll at the edge and one larger plate at the top that would transition to the tasset. All plates with chiseled line borders, rolled edges, main plates with rivet decoration. From the Boston Museum of Fine Art - including 1929 acquisition number - 1099.29 Old de-lamination in some plates, old patch to lower plate. Very similar in style and form to the knees on a three quarter armour on display in Cleveland Museum of Art on loan from the RA Inv II 98/IV.863 38.2008. Images show it in its straight and fully bent form. The minimal movement is possible because it would never have been worn with greaves. This allows the knee to be covered, but the leg can move within it. For another similar knee see item number A-155. For a full tasset of the same period see item number A-248 or item number A-311.
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