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(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Settee
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Settee

furniture maker
Date1750-1799
Place MadeParma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut and cane
Dimensions84.5 x 168.3 x 59.7 cm (33 1/4 x 66 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF1w4.8
eMuseum ID720344
EmbARK ObjectID13204
Original NumberF1e5-s
TMS Source ID2202
Last Updated10/2/24
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. 23. (Italian, 1st half of the 19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 64-66, no. 13.
Kaeley Ferguson, "Caned Chairs and Their Conservation," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 28 April 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/caned-chairs-conservation
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 1 September 1899 for 650 lire (for set of furniture).
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1750-1799
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1750-1799
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1750-1799
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
Unknown
early 19th century
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
19th century
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century - early 19th century
Chair-Back Settee
Unknown
about 1790-1799