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| Keywords: BLW Steel Damascened Gauntlets (1).jpg Decorated Parade Armour about 1585 <br /> Milan Italy<br /> Lucio Marliani also known as Piccinino active about 1570-89<br /> Steel damascened with gold<br /> <br /> These gauntlets were probably part of an armour presented in 1585 by Charles Emmanuel I Duke of Savoy to the King Philip III of Spain when the Duke married Philip's cousin Infante Catalina Of all the possessions of the sixteenth century nobleman none spoke more powerfully of his honour wealth and status than his armour <br /> <br /> Gauntlets were the most intricately made components in defensive armour protecting the hands but at the same time allowing them to grip and flex while wielding weapons or holding a horse's reins Armours for tournaments and parades were decorated according to the latest fashion and their cost made them the preserve only of the very wealthy During the mid-16th century a new fashion emerged in Europe for arms and armour based on the forms found in classical art High relief embossing and rich gold damascening decorated parade armour alla romana antica in the ancient roman style <br /> <br /> The decoration is in the style of the workshop of Lucio Piccinino born around 1535 active around 1570-1589 of Milan Piccinino was an armour embosser and damascener He had claimed Paolo Morigia in his La Nobilita' di Milano published in 1595 �in his ornamentation of iron in relief with figures animals and grotesque masks etc and likewise in his damascened work produced masterpieces which are among the most choice and precious � Adam Morgan Victoria and Albert Museum http //www vam ac uk/ M 143 A-1921 http //collections vam ac uk/item/O97506/pair-of-gauntlets/ PD Renaissance armour | ||||
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