Cabinet on Stand (Stipo con supporto a credenza)
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1600
Place MadeLiguria, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut and pine with bronze fixtures
Dimensions175.5 x 94 x 48 cm (69 1/8 x 37 x 18 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF21s7
eMuseum ID730853
EmbARK ObjectID11939
TMS Source ID1090
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThe upper cabinet in bambocci style – with handles and ornaments of projecting heads – dates from the early 17th century, with refurbished and embellished parts from the 19th century, when its neo-Renaissance stand was made. The central door of the upper cabinet encloses three more drawers, which pull out to reveal a hidden compartment in the back.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 186. (style of late 16th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 194-95, no. 80. (about 1600 with later additions; Stand: Italian, 19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 194-95, no. 80. (about 1600 with later additions; Stand: Italian, 19th century)
MarksNotesLabel (on back): Sypher & Co., New York
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealers Sypher and Co., New York around 1880.
