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Title
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18th Century German Crossbow
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Collection Location
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Date
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1725–1735
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Location
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Dresden, Germany
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Description
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A hunting crossbow originating from Dresden, Germany. It features a wooden prod with four woolen pompoms at its front and two behind the prod situated in the corners at the top of the stock. It features a woven hemp fiber string and a transverse pin used to help span the crossbow string with a spanning device. Two additional wooden pompoms are at the upper portion of the stock. The stock itself is made of walnut veneered with staghorn. Along the top of the crossbow are intricate floral engravings and at its sides it is ornately decorated with mythological figures, beasts, and items. It has a single axis nut trigger mechanism used to fix the bowstring in place prior to firing and is secured with a thread through the nut.
Materials: Steel, walnut, staghorn, bovine horn, bone, silk fiber, and hemp
Dimensions: 12.7 × 62.2 × 59.7 cm (5 × 24 1/4 × 23 1/2 in.)
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Source
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Art Institute of Chicago
