Rapier of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) ca. 1540 Francesco Negroli This rapier, from the workshop of the famous Milanese armorer Francesco Negroli, belonged to Emperor Charles V, whose troops laid siege to Florence in 1529-30. Rapiers were the principal civilian sidearm throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Designed for cut-and-thrust techniques, a rapier typically has a double-edged blade with an acute point and an elaborate guard for the hand. The guards, usually of iron or steel, were subject to a variety of embellishment. They were engraved, chiseled, gilded, damascened, and encrusted in gold and silver in keeping with fashionable styles.. Rapier of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558). Italian, Milan. ca. 1540. Steel, gold, silver, wood. Milan. Swords

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Rapier of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) ca. 1540 Francesco Negroli This rapier, from the workshop of the famous Milanese armorer Francesco Negroli, belonged to Emperor Charles V, whose troops laid siege to Florence in 1529-30. Rapiers were the principal civilian sidearm throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Designed for cut-and-thrust techniques, a rapier typically has a double-edged blade with an acute point and an elaborate guard for the hand. The guards, usually of iron or steel, were subject to a variety of embellishment. They were engraved, chiseled, gilded, damascened, and encrusted in gold and silver in keeping with fashionable styles.. Rapier of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558). Italian, Milan. ca. 1540. Steel, gold, silver, wood. Milan. Swords

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