Open source Elasticsearch & Next.js museum search.
Rapier | musefully
Rapier, c. 1580–1610. steel, ribbed guard and pommel; wood and wire, Overall: 135.9 cm (53 1/2 in.); Blade: 111.1 cm (43 3/4 in.); Quillions: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.); Grip: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). Gift from the Bascom Little Estate, 1974.59. CC0.
Rapier
c. 1580–1610
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Rapier, c. 1580–1610. Blade: Spain, Toledo Hilt: Italt, Belluno?, late 16th-early 17th Century. Steel, ribbed guard and pommel; wood and wire; overall: 135.9 cm (53 1/2 in.); blade: 111.1 cm (43 3/4 in.); quillions: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.); grip: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Bascom Little Estate 1974.59 During this time fencing academies were already in existence in Milan, Venice, Verona, and Madrid, and the rules of fencing evolved with two styles dominating, the Spanish and the Italian.