A FAULD AND TASSETS IN THE LATE 'GOTHIC' FASHION, PARTLY NORTH-WEST EUROPEAN (POSSIBLY FLEMISH), 16TH CENTURY, AND PARTLY 19TH CENTURY comprising fauld of three lames (restored), the upper edge of each cusped three times, and the lower edge of the third formed at its centre with a small semi-circular boss separating a pair of one-piece tassets (the left restored), each suspended from a pair of straps and buckles, narrowing lightly to its convex lower end and formed at its concave inner edge with a flattened inward turn, its upper edge decorated with a narrow recessed border and its centre with a symmetrical spray of cascaded flutes diverging from the middle of that border and interrupted at its lower end by a horizontal step (probably later; both tassets showing light to moderate patination) Provenance Sir Guy Laking, London, sold 1907 Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York Gimbel Brothers, New York, 1 June 1942 JWHA Inv. No. 2686 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 36