About This Artwork

European

Sword, c. 1200

Iron
L. 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.)
Blade L. 89.2 cm (35 1/8 in.)
Width below quillions: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Wt. 2 lb. 7 oz.
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.3374

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 80 (ill.)