Smallsword with Scabbard
C. Liger
ca. 1780
Medium
Steel, silver, gold, wood, textile, fishskin
Dimensions
L. with scabbard 38 5/8 in. (98.1 cm); L. without scabbard 38 1/8 in. (96.8 cm); L. of blade 31 1/2 in. (80 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Wt. 13 oz. (368.54 g); Wt. of scabbard 2.5 oz. (70.9 g)
Classification
Swords
Culture
French
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926
Accession Number
26.145.291a, b