Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords Including the De Dino, Riggs, and Reubell CollectionsThis volume describes and illustrates the group of court swords and hunting swords that form part of the collection of arms exhibited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The text describes the different types of swords and daggers and provides useful charts and illustrations that promote an understanding of the objects in their original context. |
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Common terms and phrases
ajouré Bashford Dean Blade double-edged Blade three-edged Blade two-edged blued and gilded blued steel border braided wire cartouche carved in low chased chiseled in low COURT SWORD French COURT SWORD PLATE cut steel damascened decorated double ring suspension DRESS SWORD French DRESS SWORD PLATE etched and gilded faceted ferrule ferrule and chape floral scrolls flowers foliation forte blued gilded metal gilded over etching gilded panel Grip of silver groove Guard oval hall marks hatched background Hilt silver Hilt similar Hilt steel inscription knuckle guard Louis XV low relief maker's mark mascaron medallions median flattening metal en suite nail-heads ornament ovoid palmettes Paris pas d'âne plain steel Pommel flattened quillon Reubell Benefaction ricasso Riggs Benefaction rococo Scabbard of black Scabbard of white shagreen over wood steel carved stippled strapwork against hatched SWORD Imp tinsel strip torsade trophies Vaugirard white shagreen wire and tinsel XVII Century Hilt XVIII Century