A FAULD FITTED WITH A PAIR OF TASSETS, FROM TWO ITALIAN FIELD ARMOURS, CIRCA 1540-50 the skirt formed of five lames each with bevelled upper edge cut with a decorative notch in the middle, the lower lame drawn-up in the middle to an arched peak with recessed border and turned cabled edge, with a pair of tassets suspended from pairs of shaped incised iron hasps linked by moulded iron loops, each of also five lames, all moving on sliding rivets and later internal leathers, and the border and the edge of each of the lower lames also matching the lower skirt lame (blackened over light chemical cleaning)