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Pauldron for Right shoulder
The collection record classifies this work as arms and armor. It is dated c. 1560–70. Recorded culture or place: Italy.
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- Museum title
- Pauldron for Right shoulder
- Date
- c. 1560–70
- Culture / origin
- Italy
- Materials and technique
- steel, blued and gilded
- Dimensions
- Overall: 26.4 x 28 cm (10 3/8 x 11 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.1528
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This element for the shoulder once belonged to a suit decorated by the bluing technique, a process of superheating armor plates to achieve a deep blue color. Bluing required heating to at least 590 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature at which oxidation occurs. Although the original color is now darkened it would have originally been a deep shade of blue. It was further enhanced with gilding to create additional contrast for a refined appearance.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance · CC0
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