FOUR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL ARMOUR PLATES

FOUR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL ARMOUR PLATES

INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

Part of a set of body armour, the gold-damascened decoration arranged at the borders and composed of four registers of rising palmettes, floral motifs and scrolling tendrils, the buckles cut as scalloped medallions and rivetted, padded, one breast plate possibly added, gilt rubbed in places

Breasts plate 6¾ x 10½in. (17 x 27cm.); back plate 7½ x 11¼in. (19 x 29cm.) (4)