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Jack of plate, English, c1580-90. A jack of plate is a type of armour made up of small iron plates sewn between layers of felt and canvas. They were commonly referred to simply as a "jack" (although this could also refer to any outer garment). This type of armour was used by common Medieval European soldiers as well as by the rebel peasants ...
A jack of plate is a type of armor made up of many individual small iron plates sewn into a vest made of canvas or leather. While archaeologists have found over 300 individual plates (or “jacks”) across the fort site, this artifact is the most complete example of the vest ever recovered from Jamestown. It was found in situ, probably laying ...
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A jack of plate is a type of armour made up of small iron plates sewn between layers of felt and canvas. They were commonly referred to simply as a "jack" . This type of armour was used by common Medieval European soldiers as well as by the rebel peasants known as Jacquerie. The present day equivalent is perhaps a bullet-proof vest.
Jack of Plate. A rare 16th-century defense known as a jack of plate is the centerpiece of a Jamestown Settlement exhibit on the 1622 Powhatan military offensive on the Jamestown colony. The period garment, following conservation, offered JYF team members the opportunity to examine it across disciplines to further understand its construction ...
Jack of plate in the form of a fabric doublet, quilted with iron plates. The doublet has a pronounced peas cod at the front, a standing collar, short caps over the shoulders and a short skirt divided at the rear, at the waist. The doublet is compsed of numerous layers of canvas with a layer of plates each of them about 38mm square, with a central hole and clipped corners. The plates are ...
A jack of plate is a type of armour made up of small plates sewn between layers of textile. Like this sleeveless example, they often take the form of a doublet. This one, made in about 1580, is over 400 years old. It has been the subject of careful conservation to ensure it survives into the future.
Soldiers like Anas Todkill wore different types of armor to protect themselves. You might have heard of a breastplate or a close helmet. Another type of armor was a “jack-of-plates” where many small, square pieces of iron (similar to Cheez-It crackers) were sewn onto a canvas vest. In this video, Jamestown conservator Dan Gamble describes ...
