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(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Reading Stand
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Reading Stand

furniture maker
Date15th century
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumIron
Dimensions146.1 cm (57 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM30s40
eMuseum ID730667
EmbARK ObjectID12886
TMS Source ID1936
Last Updated11/12/24
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. 268.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 42 (16 Jun. 1963), p. 2.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Galleria Simonetti, Rome for $1911.60 on 25 November 1913.
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