Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword and scabbard
Object Number:
1949.85ab
Date:
1919
Medium:
Steel, silver; leather, silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 1/4 x 4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 102.2 x 10.2 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on scabbord mount (obverse side): "To Gen. Harbord / from Armenian authority / 1919 1/X [Erivan?]" (also inscribed in Armenian)
etched: on reverse of blade below hilt: maker's name(?) in Armenian
Description:
Presentation sword with curved, single-edged steel blade with two fullers of equal width that begin about 4 inches below hilt, where etched decoration ends; silver mounted grip and large cloven ferrule decorated with chased and filigreed designs; leather scabbard with five silver mounts, including upper and middle bands with chasing and oval bosses and lower band with engraved inscription; leather sling threaded through carrying ring on middle band and through loop on reverse of throat.
Gallery Label:
James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) served as Chief of Staff, A.E.F., U.S. Army, from 1917 to 1918. This sword was presented to him in 1919 by the Republic of Armenia.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Lt. General James G. Harbord
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
