Bridal Chest
furniture maker
Unknown
Date16th century
Place MadeBurgos, Castilla y León, Spain, Europe
MediumCarved walnut with wrought iron handles
Dimensions52.5 x 101 x 47 cm (20 11/16 x 39 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF19e48
eMuseum ID716913
EmbARK ObjectID12973
TMS Source ID2012
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.
BibliographyNotesThe American Art Association. Spanish Art Treasures Collected by Herbert P. Weissberger of Madrid, Spain Known as the Almoneda Collection... (New York, 26-30 April 1921), lot 914, ill. (as from the collection of Bonifacio Diez Montero, Burgos, dated 15th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 157. (as Spanish, dated 16th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 157. (as Spanish, dated 16th century)
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of Don Bonifacio Diez Montero, member of of the Audiencia de Burgos, 15th century.
Collection of Herbert P. Weissberger, Almoneda Collection, Madrid.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Almoneda Collection sale at the American Art Galleries, New York for $314.60 on 30 April 1921, lot 914 through the American Art Association, the painter Martin Mower (1870-1960) and the art dealer Adam E. Marriman Paff (d. 1932), Durlacher Bros., London.
Collection of Herbert P. Weissberger, Almoneda Collection, Madrid.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the Almoneda Collection sale at the American Art Galleries, New York for $314.60 on 30 April 1921, lot 914 through the American Art Association, the painter Martin Mower (1870-1960) and the art dealer Adam E. Marriman Paff (d. 1932), Durlacher Bros., London.
