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Gothic Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand

Gothic Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand

c. 1490
(Innsbruck)
steel
Overall: 32 x 9.5 cm (12 5/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.2081
Location: 210A Armor Court

Did You Know?

Embossed decoration adds beauty to this gauntlet that would have protected the hand.

Description

The forging of steel, a very hard material, into precisely fitted, interconnected plates was a task that required great skill and patience. The elements of a suit were never riveted directly together which would make them inflexible. Instead they slightly overlapped and were attached by different types of rivets.
  • Franz Thill (d.1903), Vienna, Austria
    ?-1916
    Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. Cleveland, O.: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. A1 archive.org
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 47, 163; cat. no. 25
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. cat. no. 37, p. 184
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
  • {{cite web|title=Gothic Mitten Gauntlet for the Right Hand|url=false|author=|year=c. 1490|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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