Armguard (Bajuband)

This Arm-Guard with curved steel plates of varying size and hinged together at one end and buckled at the other. It has a gauntlet of made of padded velvet embroidered with floral motifs for the protection of the knuckle. The border of the plate is damascened in gold with floral and foliage motifs in scroll pattern.

Kind

artefact

Date

1600–1699 CE