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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1400s creation date earliest: 1400 creation date latest: 1499 current location: 210A Armor Court creditline: Gift of John L. Severance copyright: --- culture: European, 15th century technique: riveted steel rings; close woven department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Arms & Armor type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 110.5 cm (43 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Armor Court Reinstallation opening date: 1998-09-10T00:00:00 Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Frank Gair Macomber; Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1916 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1916- footnotes: citations: --- 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. digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. page number: Mentioned: p. 79, D6 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n114 Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. page number: cat. no. 83, p. 166 url: Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. page number: cat. no. 85, p. 186 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1552/1916.1552_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1552/1916.1552_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1552/1916.1552_full.tif