one end arched the other double lobed, the red velvet (mashru) decorated with copper gilt studs with an ogival trellis and floret design, the satin inner side with seven tying rings on each edge, 50 x 23.5cm approx.

Provenance

Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017)

This part of a padded outfit was folded longways with the twin lobes at one end protecting each side of the hand with the top end extending up to the elbow. Metal plates were tied on top to provide further protection. For a similar, complete outfit from the Desanfans collection sold at Bonhams London, see 10 April 2009, lot 190. For the same type of decoration and material on a set of armour in the Clive Collection, Powis Castle, see Archer et al. 1987, p.50.