Chest
furniture maker
Savell Shop
(American, 1640 - 1727)
Date1660-1690
Place MadeBraintree, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumOak, pine, and chestnut
Dimensions86 x 142 x 56 cm (33 7/8 x 55 7/8 x 22 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF29w3
eMuseum ID719792
EmbARK ObjectID11860
TMS Source ID1019
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 260. (as American, dated about 1650-1700)
William Germain Dooley. "Collection of Old Chests at Gardner Museum." Boston Evening Transcript (7 May 1932).
Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 4. (as American, Connecticut; as probably inherited from Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848))
Richard H. Randall. American Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, 1965), p. 6, no. 6 (as American, Connecticut)
Peter Follansbee and John D. Alexander. "Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: The Savell Shop Tradition" in Luke Beckerdite (ed.). American Furniture 1996 (American Furniture Annual). Chipstone Foundation, accessed 4 April 2016. http://www.chipstone.org/article.php/222/American-Furniture-1996/Seventeenth-Century-Joinery-from-Braintree,-Massachusetts:-The-Savell-Shop-Tradition. (as the Savell shop, Braintree, Massachusetts)
William Germain Dooley. "Collection of Old Chests at Gardner Museum." Boston Evening Transcript (7 May 1932).
Morris Carter. "Mrs. Gardner & The Treasures of Fenway Court" in Alfred M. Frankfurter (ed.). The Gardner Collection (New York, 1946), p. 4. (as American, Connecticut; as probably inherited from Isabella Tod Stewart (1778-1848))
Richard H. Randall. American Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, 1965), p. 6, no. 6 (as American, Connecticut)
Peter Follansbee and John D. Alexander. "Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: The Savell Shop Tradition" in Luke Beckerdite (ed.). American Furniture 1996 (American Furniture Annual). Chipstone Foundation, accessed 4 April 2016. http://www.chipstone.org/article.php/222/American-Furniture-1996/Seventeenth-Century-Joinery-from-Braintree,-Massachusetts:-The-Savell-Shop-Tradition. (as the Savell shop, Braintree, Massachusetts)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date, possibly by descent through the Gardner or Stewart families.
