Portfolio
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Date19th century
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumGilded parchment
ClassificationsArchival Material
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11n7.1-10
eMuseum ID720665
EmbARK ObjectID41218
Previous NumberP11n7.1-9
TMS Source ID20556
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis gilded parchment portfolio has a winged lion in the corner—a symbol of Isabella's favorite city, Venice. She kept it on her desk in the Macknight Room and tucked stationery and papers inside. She likely purchased it from a skilled artisan on one of her many visits to the canal city.
BibliographyNotesKathleen King, "Isabella's Desk of Curiosities in the Macknight Room," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 31 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-desk-curiosities-macknight-room
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
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