The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 9, 2023

Rapier

c. 1600

Italy, early 17th Century

Steel, wire grip; hilt blued and chiseled with foliate pattern

Overall: 110 cm (43 5/16 in.); Blade: 94 cm (37 in.); Quillions: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); Grip: 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1634

Location

not on view

Provenance
Thill; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #478.
Citations
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. 128, E94 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/1916.1634