Tilt-Top Table
furniture maker
Unknown
Datemid 19th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumPainted lacquer inlaid with mother of pearl
Dimensions73 x 54.6 x 54.3 cm (28 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 21 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF11e1
eMuseum ID718669
EmbARK ObjectID13601
TMS Source ID2499
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. 73.
Holly Salmon, "From Tree Sap to Tea Jar: East Asian Lacquer," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 February 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/tree-sap-tea-jar-east-asian-lacquer
Holly Salmon, "From Tree Sap to Tea Jar: East Asian Lacquer," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 February 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/tree-sap-tea-jar-east-asian-lacquer
ProvenanceNotesBelonged to Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband's family, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898).
