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Gorget
The collection record classifies this work as arms and armor. It is dated c. 1560. Recorded culture or place: Germany.
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- Museum title
- Gorget
- Date
- c. 1560
- Culture / origin
- Germany
- Materials and technique
- steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 31.6 x 25.2 x 17.2 cm (12 7/16 x 9 15/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.1639
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
A gorget is an element of armor that protects the neck, throat, and upper part of the chest. It normally consists of two parts, front and back, joined by a hinge on the left shoulder and fastened with a stud on the right. Gradually the gorget grew smaller and more symbolic becoming a symbol of rank. By the 1700s it became a single crescent shape worn on a chain that suspended the gorget even lower on the chest, so that it no longer protected the throat in normal wear.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance · CC0
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