"Waistcoat" Cuirass (Combined Breast and Backplates)
Cleveland Museum of Art

"Waistcoat" Cuirass (Combined Breast and Backplates)

c. 1580

Steel; brass rivets simulating buttons
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

While it would provide some protection to the torso, the armor here is very light; fashion not function was the prerequisite.

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