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14th and 15th-century sabatons typically end in a tapered point well past the actual toes of the wearer's foot, following fashionable shoe shapes of the era.Sabatons of the late 15th and early 16th century followed the duckbill shoes of the time, ending at the tip of the toe but often extending greatly wider.
The ornate and heavy chests of Louis XIII gradually disappeared were replaced by a new item of furniture, the commode, which had a column of drawers. In the earlier years of Louis XIV the chests were massive and geometric, sometimes with columns and pediments and panels of wood with carved decorative elements in diamond and other geometric shapes.
Chatelaine bags refer to bags suspended from a waistband by cord or chain, which were popular from the 1860s to the end of the 19th century. [8] Chatelaines were worn by many housekeepers in the 19th century [9] and in the 16th century Dutch Republic, [citation needed] where they were typically used as watch chains for the most wealthy. Similar ...
Staff officers in the President's staff, the Prime Minister's staff, the Minister of Defence's staff and the Maréchaux's Staff. The aiguillette is always in gold wire. The aides-de-camp to the President, the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur, the Chief of the Defence Staff and the DGA. The aiguillette can be silver or ...
A Byzantine chain is a metal intricate design used in jewelry that incorporates a rope-like texture and organic textural design. The chains are supple and flexible, and drape well. The origin of the name Byzantine is not known. [1] The chain is a 4 in 1 chain meaning that each link passes through four others.
Case for a book, with fittings for a carrying-cord, 15th century. The coat of arms (on the other side) suggests it was made for a bishop. Boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation, cuir bouilli (French: [kɥiʁ buji]), was a historical material common in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period and used for various purposes.
Late medieval gothic plate armour with list of elements. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. This list identifies various pieces of body armour worn from the medieval to early modern period in the Western world, mostly plate but some mail armour, arranged by the part of body that is protected and roughly by date.
Simple munition-quality [6] chest armours and helmets were mass-produced. In 1543, the Portuguese brought matchlock firearms ( tanegashima ) to Japan. [ 7 ] As Japanese swordsmiths began mass-producing matchlock firearms and firearms became used in war, the use of Lamellar armour ( ō-yoroi and dō-maru ), previously used as samurai armour ...