Academician swords: from uniform to art object - Institut de France
The Condé museum keeps a sword offered to the Duke of Aumale in 1888 by subscription to the newspaper “Le Triboulet” (or “Le Gaulois”, depending on the source). The Duke had been a member of the French Academy since 1871, as well as of the Academy of Fine Arts; he was elected to the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres in 1889. It is therefore likely that this sword of honor, despite its date, is linked to his double, or even soon triple, election to the Institut de France.
This sword was designed by Honoré Daumet, architect in charge of the reconstruction of Chantilly since 1876, and close to the prince; it was executed in ivory by the sculptors Chapu, Chaplain and in silver by the goldsmith Froment-Meurice. The ivory rocket represents a helmeted warrior dressed in a tight coat. On the shell is a trophy composed of oriental weapons and manuscripts, one of which bears the legend Histoire des princes de condé, a work written by the Duke of Aumale during his exile in England. In the background stands a cavalier view of Chantilly. The arms of Orléans appear there with the motto of the prince since exile: I will wait, and the Latin inscription gallia memor. Daumet's preparatory drawings are also kept in Chantilly.
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The very beginning of the 20th century saw the coexistence of three types of swords: original, uniform and ancient.
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