Set of seven pruning tools
Unknown
1575–1600 · Steel, partly gilded; mother-of-pearl · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Decorated with engraved natural motifs, including fruit and fish, precious tools such as these were meant for noble patrons for whom gardening had gradually become a suitable pastime. The set, comprising clippers, a saw, four knives, and a combination hammer-rasp-file-and-auger, would have been used for trimming branches and obtaining bud grafts.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1575–1600
- Medium
- Steel, partly gilded; mother-of-pearl
- Culture
- French, Moulins
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
