Pair of Console Tables (Coppia di Console)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1785-1799
Place MadeNaples, Campania, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and silvered poplar with marble top
Dimensions93 x 120 x 53 cm (36 5/8 x 47 1/4 x 20 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF3w8.1-2
eMuseum ID719301
EmbARK ObjectID13227
TMS Source ID2224
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. 28. (Venetian, late 19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 50-51, no. 6.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 50-51, no. 6.
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Gaetano Pepe, Naples, on 30 October 1897 for 285 lire ["2 consol intagliate con marmi (Napoli) / 1700"].
