1529, with modern additions c. 1795-1805
Elements of an Armor
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An armor garniture is a complete suit of armor with a set of exchange elements designed to adapt the basic unit to different uses, such as tournament or battle. Parts of this armor belonged to a garniture made by Wolfgang Grosschedel, who served in the royal workshops of King Henry VIII of England (ruled 1509 to 1547) before settling in about 1521 at Landshut, where he supplied fine armor to numerous German rulers and King Philip II of Spain (ruled 1556 to 1598).
The original garniture served in the early nineteenth century as a model for, and was then incorporated into, a group of eight composite and restored armors. This set was fabricated for Abraham Wolfgang Küffner, who delivered the armor to Prince Elector Wilhelm IX of Hesse-Cassel (ruled 1785 to 1806 and 1813 to 1821), for the armory of his neo-Gothic castle at Löwenburg, Germany.
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