Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (left)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Gothic Fan-Shaped Pauldron (left)

Antonio Missaglia (Italian, 1416/17–1495/96) · c.1485–1500

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Cleveland Museum of Art

A pauldron is a component of plate armor that covers the shoulder and often the armpit, and parts of the back and chest as well.

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