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The breastplate proper has bold, angular, outward turns at the neck and arm-openings.  The arm-openings are each bordered by three flutes which converge slightly before fading out at their upper and lower ends.  A pair of rivet-holes for the attachment of shoulder-straps is pierced at the top of each shoulder, while a pair of lace-holes is pierced at the centre of the neck-opening.  The upper edge of the plackart is decorated with five cusps, of which the central one terminates in a large leaf-shaped finial pierced at either side of its base with four decorative holes in lozenge formation.  The central and outer cusps are fitted with modern round-headed rivets and internal washers that secure the plackart to the breastplate proper.  The upper edge of the plackart is bordered at either side by three flutes that converge just below the central rivet.  The lower edge of the plackart is flanged outwards to receive a skirt.  The flange is pierced at each of its outer ends with a rivet-hole, and fitted at the centre with a pair of externally-flush rivets retaining a fragment of the internal connecting-leather."}],"identifier":[{"accession_number":"HEN.M.105-1933","primary":true,"type":"accession number","value":"HEN.M.105-1933"},{"priref":"18570","type":"priref","value":"18570"},{"type":"uri","uri":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/18570","value":"https:\/\/data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk\/id\/object\/18570"}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"legal":{"credit_line":"J.S. 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The turns at the arm-openings show some cracks and delamination in the metal."},{"value":"The first breastplates were not made as a single piece but in two parts \u2013 upper and lower sections called plaquarts \u2013 usually held together by a leather strap and buckle. In this late example, the two halves are riveted together. The fluting adds strength to the armour as well as creating bold and dramatic decoration. This breastplate was made for use by foot soldiers, the infantry."}],"periods":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-106437","uid":"adlib-term-106437","uuid":"59e72604-922d-3194-ac46-27c1c5ac76a4"},"summary_title":"15th Century, Late"}],"places":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-107815","uid":"adlib-term-107815","uuid":"f41b2595-df3f-3974-ab1f-6a950ef5d12d"},"hierarchies":[[{"@link":{"type":"literal"},"name":[{"value":"Germany"}],"summary_title":"Germany","type":"country"}]],"summary_title":"Germany"}]}]},"materials":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-40136","uid":"adlib-term-40136","uuid":"28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5"},"summary_title":"steel"}}],"measurements":{"dimensions":[{"dimension":"Depth","units":"cm","value":"20.2"},{"dimension":"Height","units":"cm","value":"39"},{"dimension":"Weight","units":"kg","value":"2.23"},{"dimension":"Width","units":"cm","value":"35.5"}]},"name":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-77604","uid":"adlib-term-77604","uuid":"0579b348-97ab-388c-ba51-27c35d51bf4e"},"summary_title":"breastplate (body armour)"}}],"note":[{"type":"history note","value":"Mr James Stewart Henderson of  'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex."}],"owners":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"publications":[{"@link":{"notes":"Cf. 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Since the breastplate appears to be of an earlier period than the etched decoration, it may conceivably be a German piece that was later ornamented by its Italian owner.","page":"p. 85","type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"publication-1834","uid":"adlib-publication-1834","uuid":"33199da8-a140-36bf-bb83-2813d3b49cba"},"summary_title":"Katalog der Leibr\u00fcskammer"}],"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-77604","uid":"adlib-term-77604","uuid":"0579b348-97ab-388c-ba51-27c35d51bf4e"},"summary_title":"breastplate (body armour)"}},"summary_title":"breastplate (body armour)","techniques":[{"description":[{"value":"of rounded, medially-ridged form, composed of a breastplate proper, covering the thorax, and an upward overlapping plackart, covering the abdomen; hammered, shaped, riveted with fluted decoration"}],"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-28775","uid":"adlib-term-28775","uuid":"bbe63841-d546-33c4-ab44-2958e6dce7b2"},"summary_title":"hammered"}},{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-108945","uid":"adlib-term-108945","uuid":"78ba1316-8b78-3d79-8821-856f848986c7"},"summary_title":"medially-ridged"}},{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-25748","uid":"adlib-term-25748","uuid":"28a2a6ad-b9a5-33ca-982f-af924c102b3a"},"summary_title":"formed"}}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}