The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smallsword carried by the Gardes du Corps

Guilmin

1769

Attribution

Guilmin French, Versailles recorded 1767–1775

Medium

Steel, silver, wood, textile

Physical dimensions

L. 39 5/16 in. (99.8 cm); L. of blade 32 1/8 in. (81.6 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Wt. 14 oz. (396.9 g)

Credit line

Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926