File:Different Rapiers.jpg
Summary
Collection of early modern swords (17th to 18th centuries) at the George F. Harding Collection of Arms and Armor, The Art Institute of Chicago (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/Arms-and-Armor/overview">artic.edu/aic</a>). From the left: five rapiers, two broadswords (a claymore(?) and a schiavona), another rapier (with cup-hilt), and a parrying dagger (main-gauche). Visible on the right edge: the balde of another rapier, and part of another parrying dagger. Visible at the bottom edge: part of two elaborate decorative short swords, probably from Mughal India<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/unforth/518541727/in/photostream/">[1]</a>.
Original description from flickr.com (the item marked "1" is the cup-hilted rapier on the right (8th from the left), "2" is the schiavona on the right (7th from the left)):
Rapiers
Or are those sabers? I'm terrible at this.
1: Blade: Italian Hilt: Spanish Cup-hilted rapier in the Spanish manner 1650/60 Steel, iron, wood Length: 50 in. Blade length: 42 3/4 in. Weight: 2 lbs. 11 oz. Item number: George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2147
2: Hilt by Master VG Italian, Venice, active 1790/1800 Schiavona, 1790/1800 Steel, silver, wood, stone Overall length: 42 3/8 in. Blade length: 36 1/2 in. Weight: 2 lbs. 14 oz. Item number: George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2144
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| current | 06:12, 12 January 2017 | | 800 × 600 (63 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Collection of early modern swords (17th to 18th centuries) at the George F. Harding Collection of Arms and Armor, The Art Institute of Chicago (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/Arms-and-Armor/overview">artic.edu/aic</a>). From the left: five rapiers, two broadswords (a claymore(?) and a <i>schiavona</i>), another rapier (with cup-hilt), and a parrying dagger (<i>main-gauche</i>). Visible on the right edge: the balde of another rapier, and part of another parrying dagger. Visible at the bottom edge: part of two elaborate decorative short swords, probably from Mughal India<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/unforth/518541727/in/photostream/">[1]</a>. </p> <p><br> Original description from flickr.com (the item marked "1" is the cup-hilted rapier on the right (8th from the left), "2" is the schiavona on the right (7th from the left)): </p> <hr> <p>Rapiers </p> <p>Or are those sabers? I'm terrible at this. </p> <p>1: Blade: Italian Hilt: Spanish Cup-hilted rapier in the Spanish manner 1650/60 Steel, iron, wood Length: 50 in. Blade length: 42 3/4 in. Weight: 2 lbs. 11 oz. Item number: George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2147 </p> <p>2: Hilt by Master VG Italian, Venice, active 1790/1800 Schiavona, 1790/1800 Steel, silver, wood, stone Overall length: 42 3/8 in. Blade length: 36 1/2 in. Weight: 2 lbs. 14 oz. Item number: George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2144 </p> <hr> |
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