Armchair (Poltrone)
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1780
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and varnished walnut
Dimensions93.5 x 70.3 x 53.2 cm (36 13/16 x 27 11/16 x 20 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF18n13.9
eMuseum ID730593
EmbARK ObjectID13001
Original NumberF18w4-s
TMS Source ID2037
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 141.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 158-59, no. 54.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 158-59, no. 54.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Dino Barozzi, Venice on 26 September 1906 for 2500 lire (for suite of eleven pieces of furniture).
