Design for an Officer's Sword
Thomas Fletcher
dated 1837
Medium
Ink, wash, paper
Dimensions
20 1/16 x 18 3/16 in. (50.9 x 46.1 cm)
Classification
Works on Paper-Drawings
Culture
American, Boston or Philadelphia
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1995
Accession Number
1995.38
Tags
Swords
About the Artist
Thomas Fletcher · 1787–1866
Thomas Fletcher (1787–1866) was a leading American silversmith whose career bridged the early republic's artisanal traditions and the burgeoning market for grand presentation silver. Born on April 3, 1787, in Alstead, New Hampshire, to Timothy Fletcher and Hannah Fosdick, his early life and training remain not well documented, with no records of formal apprenticeships or mentors identified.) By 18...