id:			147959
accession number:	1974.57
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.57
updated:		2025-02-09 03:47:05.053000

Small Sword, c. 1780. France, Paris (?), 18th century. Forged steel blade; partially gilt and russet steel hilt; steel wire, leather bands, wood core; overall: 103.5 cm (40 3/4 in.); blade: 86.1 cm (33 7/8 in.); guard: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Bascom Little Estate 1974.57

title:				Small Sword
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creation date:			c. 1780
creation date earliest:		1775
creation date latest:		1785
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift from the Bascom Little Estate
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culture:	France, Paris (?), 18th century
technique:	forged steel blade; partially gilt and russet steel hilt; steel wire, leather bands, wood core
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 103.5 cm (40 3/4 in.); Blade: 86.1 cm (33 7/8 in.); Guard: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Bascom Little Estate, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1974
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1974-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1974." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (1975).
	page number: 	p. 98, cat. no. 42
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [</em>Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 121, 172; cat. no. 199
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 200, p. 192.
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