Sallet alla Veneziana, ca. 1470; gilt mounts, probably added early 16th century, Italian, Steel, copper alloy, gold, velvet, H. 11 in. (27.94 cm); W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); D. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); Wt. 8 lb. 1 oz. (3655 g), Helmets, In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, armor was frequently decorated using fabric coverings, gilt metal appliqués, and even jewels. Sallets covered with red velvet and decorated with gilt mounts were especially popular in Venice and continued to be worn in Venetian civic pageants well into the eighteenth century
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Sallet alla Veneziana, ca, 1470, gilt mounts, added early 16th century, Italian, Steel, copper alloy, gold, velvet, H, 11, 27.94 cm, W, 8 5/16, 21.1, D, 10 3/4, 27.3, Wt, lb, 1 oz, 3655 g, Helmets, fourteenth, fifteenth centuries, armor, frequently decorated using, fabric, coverings, metal, appliqué, even jewels, Sallets covered, red velvet, decorated, popular, Venice, continued, worn, Venetian civic, pageants, well, eighteenth
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