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furniture maker
Unknown
Date1785-1799
Place MadePiedmont, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded pine, bronze (with chestnut for drawer rails)
Dimensions96.7 x 110.7 x 44 cm (38 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF25s2
eMuseum ID719056
EmbARK ObjectID12150
TMS Source ID1290
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 19. (as "Toilet Table of Venetian lacquer")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 199. (probably Venetian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 234-35, no. 109.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 199. (probably Venetian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 234-35, no. 109.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by the late 1890s.
