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A French late-16th century style steel and brass miniature suit of armour, by E. Grangler, Paris, mid-19th century | Miniaturritterrüstung aus Stahl und Messing, von E. Grangler, Frankreich, Paris, Mitte 19. Jh. im Stile des späten 16. Jh.
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October 18, 02:51 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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A French late-16th century style steel and brass miniature suit of armour, by E. Grangler, Paris, mid-19th century
well detailed and articulated throughout, the closed helmet with hinged visor topped by a dragon, the full cuirass with simulated laminated tassets, mail skirt, full arm and leg defenses and studded with brass rivet heads throughout, on a moulded walnut base
56cm high
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Miniaturritterrüstung aus Stahl und Messing, von E. Grangler, Frankreich, Paris, Mitte 19. Jh. im Stile des späten 16. Jh.
The maker of this armour, E. Granger of 70 Rue de Bondy (now Rue René Boulanger) Paris, exhibited models of this type as early as 1844 in the Exposition des Produits de L'Industrie Française, Paris. He later showed his work, as part of the firm of Granger-Leblanc, at the London International Exhibition on Art and Industry and Art held in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, in 1862. Granger also made full-sized armours for some of Madame Tussaud's waxwork figures and for stage use by the Paris Opéra, and was further listed as a maker of gilt jewellery, bronzes and occult objects.
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