Prie-dieu (Inginocchiatoio)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1700-1749
Place MadeLombardo-Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut veneer over pine, with inlays of olive, citronnier, and mahogany
Dimensions91 x 68 x 55.5 cm (35 13/16 x 26 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF27e13
eMuseum ID723619
EmbARK ObjectID12468
TMS Source ID1584
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Gardner had a special fondness for this prie-dieu. It was in her bedroom at her Brookline residence, and in 1897 she listed it among the objects to be taken to the museum then being planned. Once installed in the Long Gallery, she included it in her published catalogues, one of the few pieces of furniture to receive such attention.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 23.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 235. (North Italian, second half of the 17th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 279, no. 134.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 235. (North Italian, second half of the 17th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 279, no. 134.
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 1 October 1897 for 58 lire.
