Burgonet, ca. 1560–70, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, gold, silver, textile, H. 12 in. (30.5 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 13 in. (33 cm); Wt. 4 lb. (1813 g), Helmets, Richly damascened in gold and silver, this helmet is decorated with five oval vignettes depicting exotic scenes, with Oriental figures on land and ships at sea. The extensive pictorial use of damascening on a smooth, rather than an embossed, surface is highly unusual but relates to damascened iron furniture made in Milan in the second half of the sixteenth century
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Burgonet, ca, 1560–70, Milan, Italian, Steel, gold, silver, textile, H, 12, 30.5 cm, W, 8, 20.3, D, 13, 33, Wt, 4 lb, 1813 g, Helmets, Richly damascened, helmet, decorated, five oval, vignettes, depicting, exotic, scenes, Oriental figures, land, ships, sea, extensive pictorial, damascening, smooth, embossed, surface, highly unusual, relates, damascened iron, furniture, second half, sixteenth century
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