Cuirassier Armor, ca. 1610–30, Milan; Brescia, Lombardy, Italian, Milan or Brescia, Steel, gold, leather, textile, H. as mounted 54 in. (137.2 cm); Wt. 86 lb. 8 oz. (39.24 kg), Armor for Man, The construction and build of this armor are typical of a cuirassier’s harness, a type developed toward the end of the sixteenth century in response to the growing use and efficiency of firearms. The advent of firearms caused armorers to increase the thickness and weight of plates and to supplement them with separate reinforcing plates
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