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Fig. 1427. Three-quarter suit of armour

French fashion and workmanship, about 1610-25. In the Town Hall of Draguignan

Fig. 1428. Three-quarter suit of armour

French fashion and workmanship, about 1610-25. Collection: Viscount Astor, Hever Castle

at the back. At Windsor Castle is the chanfron en suite with this little harness; it possesses its crinet, and in front is a plume-holder. It has no coat of arms upon it (Fig. 1426). The essentially French fashion and make of this harness may be recognized by comparing it with two suits of exactly similar characteristics, but made for adults, the one preserved in the