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Parade Sword
The collection record classifies this work as arms and armor. It is dated c. 1500–1525. Recorded culture or place: Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century.
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- Museum title
- Parade Sword
- Date
- c. 1500–1525
- Culture / origin
- Italy, Ferrara, early 16th Century
- Materials and technique
- steel, etched and gilded
- Dimensions
- Overall: 101.9 cm (40 1/8 in.); Blade: 85.4 cm (33 5/8 in.); Quillions: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Grip: 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.704
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This parade sword has a steel blade with etched and gilded bands of decoration. The decoration includes allegorical figures such as dancing satyrs and nymphs, amorini or cupids, and triumphs. The pommel, the rounded knob on the end of the handle, is flat and shaped like a shield; a raised rosette further embellishes it. The quillons or two transverse projecting members forming the cross guard, are flattened and drooping toward the blade.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance · CC0
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