CMA's Armor Court has been a permanent fixture in the museum since it opened in 1916. The museum's first director, Frederic Allen Whiting, was determined to have a gallery displaying armor, but it took an extraordinary effort to find and obtain a suitable collection in time for the museum's opening. Finally, with financial backing from John L. Severance, Whiting was able to procure armor from a Boston collector. | Date: ca. 1920s | Source: © Cleveland Museum of Art Archives
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