The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 9, 2023

Falchion

blade: 1700s

Italy (?), blade: 18th century

Steel,

Overall: 78.7 cm (31 in.); Blade: 64.9 cm (25 9/16 in.); Quillions: 20.3 cm (8 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1624

Location

not on view

Provenance
Frank Gair Gilchrist; Boston: cat. # 99.
Citations
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 2, 16th century. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (99) 102 archive.org
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 96, E28 archive.org
Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1624