Scarf Sword
1650–1660
- Medium
- Steel, brass, silver, gilding, and wood
- Dimensions
- 92.7 × 7.6 cm (36 1/2 × 3 in.)
- Genre
- edged weapon-sword
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
arms and armorarmsedged weapon-sword
About
Short, stout, and designed with a minimal guard, this early form of smallsword was highly fashionable throughout northern and central Europe by the middle of the 17th century. The form has been called a scarf sword for the elaborate silk-embroidered scarf-like belts or baldrics from which these delicate swords were suspended.