Toilette Mirror (Specchio da toilette)
maker
Unknown
Datemid 18th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded wood with glass
Dimensions85.5 x 58.5 x 21.2 cm (33 11/16 x 23 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF25s4
eMuseum ID718995
EmbARK ObjectID12152
TMS Source ID1291
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.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 19.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 199.
Alexandra Libby and Stanton Thomas. Venice in the Age of Canaletto. Exh. cat. (Sarasota: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2009), pp. 148-49, no. 41.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 224, no. 100.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 199.
Alexandra Libby and Stanton Thomas. Venice in the Age of Canaletto. Exh. cat. (Sarasota: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2009), pp. 148-49, no. 41.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 224, no. 100.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 11 September 1899 for 200 lire.
