Armchair (Poltrona da parata)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1650-1699
Place MadePiedmont, Italy, Europe
MediumPartly gilded walnut
Dimensions114.5 x 65 x 51 cm (45 1/16 x 25 9/16 x 20 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF25w42
eMuseum ID722874
EmbARK ObjectID12057
TMS Source ID1205
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. 210. (Italian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 236, no. 110. (as possibly from Piedmont)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 236, no. 110. (as possibly from Piedmont)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 1 September 1899 for 190 lire (with F25w48).
