Portrait of an elderly lady by Bronzino

15th or 16th century Italian Dantesca type chair on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 956.

A 16th century Italian dantesca chair made from carved walnut, embroidered silk velvet and metal.

Ritratto di Eleanora de Toledo di Bronzino

A southern German burgonet circa 1560 showing the padded capo d’arme riveted to the inside of the helmet.

A celata showing the padded capo d’arme riveted to the inside of the helmet.

Ritratto di Ferdinando II de'Medici di pittore Justus Sustermans

A sixteenth-century western European fencing doublet.

Back of a sixteenth-century western European fencing doublet.

The embroidery detail on the front of a sixteenth-century fencing doublet.

The front of a French fencing doublet from 1580-1600.

The back detail of a French fencing doublet from 1580-1600.

Man's doublet of padded red satin lined with linen, trimmed with small handmade silk buttons, possibly for use under light armour: possibly Italian, c. 1550 - 1560

A veiw fo the red satin doublet showing the arms in better focus.

The inside of the red satin doublet showing the linen lining.