Costume Armor and Sword in the Classical Style

Hallé

Date

ca. 1788–90

Type

Costume armor and sword in the classical style

Medium

Linen, papier-mâché, bole, gold leaf, graphite (helmet); silk, cotton, metal coils and spangles, metallic yarn (tunic); steel, wood, gesso, silver, gold leaf (sword)

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

French, Paris

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

1988.65.1–.2; 1995.93a, b

Credit

Armor: Funds from various donors, 1988; sword: Purchase, Gift of Estate of James Hazen Hyde, by exchange, and Rogers Fund, 1995