File:Drawing, Design for Hilt and Guard of a Dress Sword, ca. 1780–90 (CH 18554453).jpg
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editEnglish: Drawing, Design for Hilt and Guard of a Dress Sword, ca. 1780–90
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English: Drawing, Design for Hilt and Guard of a Dress Sword, ca. 1780–90 |
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English: Design for a jeweled hilt and guard of a dress sword. Grip and guard of hilt are decorated with a pattern of lozenge shapes set with small diamonds. Similar pattern decorates knuckle-guard as well. At the top of the hilt is an urn-shaped pommel with button. |
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| Date | circa 1780–90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | pen and black ink, brush and wash, gold paint, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 24.7 x 20.6 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/8 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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1938-88-871 |
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| Credit line | Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Watermark: C. BLAUW Stamp, verso: Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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