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{
    "localId": "104711",
    "label": "Elements from a Partial Suit of Armor",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "104711",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Elements from a Partial Suit of Armor",
    "description": "This partial suit of armor contains a close helmet, breastplate, and backplate. Below the breast plate is the fauld, plates of armor that extend below the breastplate to protect the waist and hips. The breastplate includes a lance rest, a metal flange that could be brought down when needed. The lance rest helps spread the impact of a blow through the breastplate to the torso of the wearer, thus redirecting the force of the blow away from the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. The helmet is a true \"close helmet\"; it pivots open at the rivets on the side and completely protects the face when lowered.",
    "date": "c. 1510–30",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1067",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60740994"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1067/1923.1067_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1067/1923.1067_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "cul": [
        "Germany"
    ],
    "accession": "1923.1067"
}

{
    "tec": "steel with black paint",
    "tombstone": "Elements from a Partial Suit of Armor, c. 1510–30. Germany. Steel with black paint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1923.1067",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "didYouKnow": "Unfortunately the remainder of this suit of armor has been lost to history.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "American Art Association.<em> Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Arms and Armor, Stained Glass, Coffrets and Furniture, Authentic Specimens, in Nearly All Instances European. </em>New York: American Art Association, 1923.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 250"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 24-26, A4; Reproduced: Plate III, A4",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n30"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "p. 63; cat. no. 5, p. 162"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 1, p. 182"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1067",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:38:53.304000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1923.1067/1923.1067_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 104711,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel with black paint",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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