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Fig. 1537. Maximilian suits
(a) A plain suit
(b) A fluted suit
XVIth century (circa 1530). Nuremberg work, about 1880
should beware, and of which the author has come across several examples in private collections, is that founded on the original in the Ambras Collection, Vienna. This particular "pattern" of sham fluted armour was probably manufactured in Milan. Here the fluting of the surface is divided at given intervals by embossed rope-pattern bands, as shown in our illustration (Fig. 1538). In this case it will be noted that the helmet conforms strictly to the fashion of the famous helmet by George Seusenhofer, which
