Art Institute of Chicago
Matchlock Petronel
French
- Date
- 1570/80
- Medium
- Steel, iron, fruitwood, staghorn, and horn
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Petronels were shot from the chest (their name comes from the French word for chest, poitrine ). These crook-butted long guns were a popular stock design for a few decades at the end of the 16th century. They were soon supplanted by more practical shoulder stocks as the recoil resulted in chronic chest injuries.
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- Object type
- AAT300036926
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