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Sofa

furniture maker Unknown

Dateabout 1800-1850

Place MadeFrance, Europe

MediumWalnut frame upholstered with linen tabby embroidered with wool and silk yarns

Dimensions109 x 188 x 58.5 cm (42 15/16 x 74 x 23 1/16 in.)

ClassificationsFurniture

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberF21e23

eMuseum ID716764

EmbARK ObjectID11930

TMS Source ID1082

Last Updated8/14/24

Status

Not on view

Web 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.

BibliographyNotesArt Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 8, no. 23. (the needlework as by the nuns of Rocroi, 1620)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 15. (as "Sofa covered with needlework by the nuns of Rocroi, 1620)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 188. (sofa as French or Flemish, Louis XV revival style; upholstery as French, Flemish, or Dutch, dated late 18th century)
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 107, no. 25. (upholstery as French or Netherlandish, dated 1650-1725; the back possibly later)

MarksNotesPrinted label (adhered to back of the frame, lower rail center): Expositions Retrospectives / 1892-1893 / Section 3 / No. 3020 / Galerie de L'Universelle

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Galerie de l'Universelle, Paris for 5,500 francs on 31 December 1892 through Fernand Robert, her regular agent in Paris.