(c) 2024 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Front of a Chest

furniture maker Unknown

Date14th century - 15th century

Place MadeFrance, Europe

MediumCarved wood

ClassificationsFurniture

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberF30n22

eMuseum ID728299

EmbARK ObjectID12807

TMS Source ID1863

Last Updated11/13/24

Status

Not on view

Web 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. 261.

ProvenanceNotes

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Emile Peyre Collection, Paris in November 1899 for 6000 francs (for two sides of a chest, F30e4.1-2 and a front of a chest, F30n22).