Word: grancsay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...months the Army and Curator Stephen Grancsay of the Museum's ancient arms and armor department have been experimenting on armor that will give maximum protection from flak and flying missiles, minimum interference with movement. Last week genial, 46-year-old Curator Grancsay thought he had found the answer. He hoped to prove to the Army that the type of steel coat worn by medieval knights is still the best...
...Grancsay had his armorers hammer out their steel in a crowded Museum basement. The end product is a suit of plates attached to each other by shock cords and springs and equipped with an instantaneous release (for quick shedding when parachutes are the thing to wear...
Stephen V. Grancsay, curator of arms & armor at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum (which has the biggest U. S. public collection), helped Director Cheek install his show. To the press, Armor-Lover Grancsay declared that body armor for civilians was the coming thing. (On exhibit was a contemporary armor suit, apparently not yet in use.) Said he: "Mass production could turn them out at less than $100. Just figure up what it now costs the Government to provide hospital care for the thousands who are injured. Armor would be less expensive." Curator Grancsay recalled that Cellini, da Vinci...
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