Settee (Divano)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 18th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded walnut
Dimensions91.5 x 157.4 x 59 cm (36 x 61 15/16 x 23 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF25e7
eMuseum ID719651
EmbARK ObjectID12136
TMS Source ID1277
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. 200.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 232, no. 107.(Venice or Central Italy)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 232, no. 107.(Venice or Central Italy)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1904. Perhaps purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dearler A. Clerle, Venice on 27 September 1897 for 180 lire.
