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Pair of Greaves (Lower Leg Defenses)

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Pair of Greaves (Lower Leg Defenses)

Date: ca. 1450, with later restorations
Type: Pair of greaves (lower leg defenses)
Medium: Steel, leather
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Italian
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 29.158.282a, b
Credit: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929

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