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    "localId": "95327",
    "label": "Small Sword",
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    "id": "95327",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Small Sword",
    "description": "The hilt, pommel, and guard of this sword are richly chiseled in low relief against a stippled gold background with animals (dogs, a stag, ducks) that appear to be adapted from paintings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1775). An elegant court sword such as this was an important accessory to a gentleman's attire, yet remained functional—it could be withdrawn for an impromptu duel.",
    "date": "c.1750–60",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1094",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60779758"
    ],
    "creators": [
        1949
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        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.); Blade: 87.9 cm (34 5/8 in.); Guard: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "France, Paris"
    ],
    "accession": "1916.1094"
}

{
    "tec": "steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood",
    "tombstone": "Small Sword, c.1750–60. After a design by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755). Steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood; overall: 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.); blade: 87.9 cm (34 5/8 in.); guard: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.1094",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "didYouKnow": "Although fully functional, this sword was used more for show—a perfect accessory for a fashionable gentleman having his portrait painted.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], 1900.",
            "page_number": "cat. no, 491",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour1/page/n219/mode/2up"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 134, E108",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n202"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
            "page_number": "pp. 119, 169; cat. no. 139,"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
            "page_number": "cat. no. 196, p. 192"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1094",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:06:42.267000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1094/1916.1094_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 95327,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel, gilt and russeted, copper, wood",
    "creatorTags": [
        "male"
    ],
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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