Design for a Sword Hilt
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1750
name: label: Artist
content: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750
label: Attributed to
content: Jacques-François Blondel, French, 1705–1774
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The guard enriched with diamonds on grip, pommel, guard, quillion and ricosso which has the shape of a balaster. Guard, quillion and pas d'arc are formed by leaves which are held together by garlands.
place: label: designed in
content: Paris, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-388
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and bistre, ink, brush and grey wash, graphite on cream laid paper, lined
label: Dimensions
content: Sheet: 17.5 x 14.4 cm (6 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)