Cupboard (Armadio)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 19th century
Place MadeNorthern Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut
Dimensions156.5 x 92 x 38 cm (61 5/8 x 36 1/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF27w65
eMuseum ID725571
EmbARK ObjectID12405
TMS Source ID1530
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. 238. (Italian, style of the 16th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 284, no. 141. (as end of the 19th century with elements of the 17th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 284, no. 141. (as end of the 19th century with elements of the 17th century)
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer Consiglio Richetti, Venice on 2 September 1897 for 160 lire.
