© Royal Armouries Museum
Suit of Armour of the Earl of Southampton
Artist: English
Location: Royal Armouries Museum
Date: circa 1595
Materials: steel, leather, fabric lining
Grant:
Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £367,950)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 3090 (1985)
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Provenance:
Made for Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton. Sotheby's - Astor of Hever, Hever Castle sale.
Description:
Etched and gilt all over against a blued ground with repeating pattern of entwined laurel branches and knotted serpents, with birds and insects in the interspaces. Embellished with red velvet straps and borders picked out in gold thread.
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