id:			95874
accession number:	1916.1552
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1552
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:10.892000

Hauberk, 1400s. European, 15th century. Riveted steel rings; close woven; overall: 110.5 cm (43 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John L. Severance 1916.1552

title:				Hauberk
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series:				
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	European, 15th century
technique:	riveted steel rings; close woven
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 110.5 cm (43 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber; Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
Mail provided excellent defense against the sword cut, though only limited defense against crushing blows from weapons like the mace or the battle axe.

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wall description:
By the early 1400s the hauberk was being worn as an accessory to supplement full or partial plate armor.  It offered a secondary level of protection for areas not fully covered by plate armor, such as the armpit and groin.  The making of chainmail involved the linking of thousands of small rings of steel.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 79, D6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n114

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no. 83, p. 166
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 85, p. 186
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IMAGES

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