Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Scimitar-shaped blade. Tapered handle decorated with multi-colored glass beads; floral pattern in green, blue, brown and yellow on white ground.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- ca. 1730–50
- Credit Line
- The Robert L. Metzenberg Collection, gift of Eleanor L. Metzenberg
- Medium
- Steel, glass beads, thread
- Dimensions
- L x W: 22.8 x 2 cm (9 x 13/16 in.)
- Type
- cutlery
- Decorative Arts
- Knife
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