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27. Chanfron and crinet. 28. Grandguard. 29. Reinforcing elbow-guard. 30. Vamplate.

Collection: H.M. the King, Windsor Castle

probably one of the five suits which in the XVIIIth and early XIXth centuries adorned the walls of the King's Guard Chamber at Windsor Castle, now the grand reception room. No comments are necessary on the general shape of the suit, which is as poor as can well be conceived; but its decoration, consisting of bands with trophies of arms once gilt, but now sadly rubbed away, recalls in its treatment of tool engraving the method of enrichment attributed to Petit of Blois. For that reason we hazard the suggestion that it might be his work. With the suit is the chanfron and crinet (Fig. 1445, No. 27), the grandguard (ibid., No. 28), the reinforcing elbow-*guard (ibid., No. 29), the vamplate of a lance (ibid., No. 30), and an additional