Armchair
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 18th century
Place MadePiedmont, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted walnut, cane
Dimensions92 x 58.5 x 49 cm (36 1/4 x 23 1/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF3s20.1
eMuseum ID721739
Previous NumberXF1.x
EmbARK ObjectID13334
Original NumberF3s20-s
TMS Source ID2301
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), pp. 29-30. (Italian adaptation of the Louis XVI style)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 54-55, no. 8.
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
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 54-55, no. 8.
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 dealer Antonio Settini, Venice on 22 September 1899 for 500 lire (for entire set of seven pieces of furniture).
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