About this artwork
Short, stout, and designed with a minimal guard, this early form of smallsword was highly fashionable throughout northern and central Europe by the middle of the 17th century. The form has been called a scarf sword for the elaborate silk-embroidered scarf-like belts or baldrics from which these delicate swords were suspended.
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Currently Off View
- Applied Arts of Europe
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Title
- Scarf Sword
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Origin
- Sweden
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Date
- Made 1650–1660
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Medium
- Steel, brass, silver, gilding, and wood
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Dimensions
- 92.7 × 7.6 cm (36 1/2 × 3 in.)
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Credit Line
- Through prior purchase of the George F. Harding Collection
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Reference Number
- 2015.319
Extended information about this artwork
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