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Collection Online as of April 20, 2024

Rapier

Rapier

c. 1600
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
  • Thill; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #478.
  • 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
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"
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