{"data": {"id": 95796, "accession_number": "1916.1484", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Small Sword, c. 1770\u201380. France. Steel; chiseled relief decoration; blade engraved; wire grip; overall: 97 cm (38 3/16 in.); blade: 79.2 cm (31 3/16 in.); grip: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.); guard: 7.6 cm (3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1484", "current_location": "210A Armor Court", "title": "Small Sword", "creation_date": "c. 1770\u201380", "creation_date_earliest": 1770, "creation_date_latest": 1780, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["France"], "technique": "steel; chiseled relief decoration; blade engraved; wire grip", "support_materials": [], "department": "Medieval Art", "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor", "type": "Arms and Armor", "measurements": "Overall: 97 cm (38 3/16 in.); Blade: 79.2 cm (31 3/16 in.); Grip: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.); Guard: 7.6 cm (3 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"length": 0.97, "length_inch": 38, "length_inch_fraction": 0.1875}, "blade": {"length": 0.792, "length_inch": 31, "length_inch_fraction": 0.1875}, "grip": {"length": 0.138, "length_inch": 5, "length_inch_fraction": 0.4375}, "guard": {"width": 0.076, "width_inch": 3, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 190103, "title": "Armor Court Reinstallation", "description": "<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).", "opening_date": "1998-09-10T00:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); \"Armor Court Reinstallation\"", "opening_date": "1998-09-10T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [{"description": "Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat. #495.", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "During the 1700s, the small-sword emerged as a light, quick weapon. Like the rapier it was carried by unarmored civilians, the noblemen of the upper classes. Over time this delicate sword became more an accessory of male attire than a weapon essential to life and death. The sword hilt, which shows even when the blade is sheathed, became the ground for elaborate decoration. These small-swords thus represent the final stage in the evolution of the sword, from the edged weapons of antiquity to the elegantly refined blades of the 1700s and 1800s.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60777974"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1916.1484-small-sword"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.", "page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 132-133, E104; Reproduced: Plate XXXIII, E104", "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n199"}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1484", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1484/1916.1484_web.jpg", "width": "708", "height": "900", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1484_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1484/1916.1484_print.jpg", "width": "2674", "height": "3400", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1484_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1484/1916.1484_full.tif", "width": "3501", "height": "4451", "filesize": "", "filename": "1916.1484_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1484/1916.1484_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "702", "height": "893", "filesize": "255466"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1484/1916.1484_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "1536", "height": "1953", "filesize": "1568744"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1484/1916.1484_alt0_full.tif", "width": "1536", "height": "1953", "filesize": "9002732"}, "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance", "image_credit": null, "sketchfab_id": null, "sketchfab_url": null, "gallery_donor_text": null, "athena_id": 95796, "creators": [], "legal_status": "accessioned", "accession_date": "1916-04-10T00:00:00", "sortable_date": 1770, "date_added_to_oa": null, "date_text": "c. 1770\u201380", "collapse_artists": false, "on_loan": false, "recently_acquired": false, "record_type": "object", "conservation_statement": null, "has_conservation_images": false, "cover_accession_number": null, "is_nazi_era_provenance": false, "impression": null, "alternate_titles": [], "is_highlight": false, "updated_at": "2026-09-01 13:47:54.803000"}}