Gun Shield

c. 1544

Italian

Status: On View, Gallery 239
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Title: Gun Shield
Origin: Italy
Date: Made 1535–1545
Medium: Steel, iron, wood, wool textile, and hemp fiber
Dimensions: Diameter 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in.) Wt. 10 lb. 9 oz. Caliber .56
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.2256
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Walter Karchieski, “Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago” (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 107 (ill.)
Simon Metcalf, Anthony R.E. North, and Derek Balfour, “The conservation of a gun-shield from the arsenal of Henry VIII. Textiles meet arms and armour: The benefits of a multi-disciplinary research approach”, Make all sure The conservation and restoration of arms and armour, ed. Robert Douglas Smith (Basciliscoe Press, Leeds, England, 2005), table 1, p. 89.

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