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(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Choir Stalls (stallo del coro)
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Choir Stalls (stallo del coro)

furniture maker
Date16th century
Place MadeNorthern Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut, pine, and poplar
Dimensions271.8 x 358.1 x 50.8 cm (107 x 141 x 20 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF27w12.2
eMuseum ID727535
EmbARK ObjectID12833
Original NumberF30e22-s
TMS Source ID1889
Last Updated8/14/24
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.
BibliographyNotesMorris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 180.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 249, 264.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner 1887-1924 (Boston, 1987), pp. 193-194, 199, 205, 207.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 274-5, no. 129.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner through the American art historian Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) for 19,000 francs in January 1900.