Bench (Cassapanca)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 19th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumStained poplar and walnut
Dimensions117 x 175 x 59 cm (46 1/16 x 68 7/8 x 23 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF24w4
eMuseum ID721244
EmbARK ObjectID11965
TMS Source ID1115
Last Updated8/14/24
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. 195. (modern, partly made from a Renaissance cassone)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 115, no. 98.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 115, no. 98.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by the early 1890s.
