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(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Sofa (Sofà)
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Sofa (Sofà)

furniture maker
Dateabout 1780
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and varnished walnut
Dimensions92.3 x 209 x 68 cm (36 5/16 x 82 5/16 x 26 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF18n13.7
eMuseum ID727944
Original NumberF18e9-s
EmbARK ObjectID14117
TMS Source ID2944
Last Updated8/14/24
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. 141.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 158-59, no. 54.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Dino Barozzi, Venice on 26 September 1906 for 2500 lire (for suite of eleven pieces of furniture).
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
mid 18th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 1780
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 1780
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 1800-1850
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
mid 18th century
Unknown
about 1850-1899
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
(c) 2021 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Elsie de Wolfe
early 20th century
Bellows
Unknown
19th century
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Paul César Helleu
about 1890