Vitrine (Vetrina)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1750-1799
Place MadeSicily, Italy, Europe
MediumGilded pine, glass
Dimensions195 x 80.5 x 58.5 cm (76 3/4 x 31 11/16 x 23 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF18s9
eMuseum ID726577
Previous Number553
EmbARK ObjectID14269
TMS Source ID3078
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. 147. (probably Spanish, 18th century)
Grace Hardendorff Burr. Hispanic Furniture (New York, 1964), p. 95. (Spanish, 18th century)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 20 (17 Jan. 1965), p. 2. (Spanish, 18th century)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 29 (21 Mar. 1965), p. 2.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 116, no. 44. (Erroneously as museum no. F18s8)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 168-69, no. 61.
Grace Hardendorff Burr. Hispanic Furniture (New York, 1964), p. 95. (Spanish, 18th century)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 20 (17 Jan. 1965), p. 2. (Spanish, 18th century)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 29 (21 Mar. 1965), p. 2.
Adolph S. Cavallo. Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1986), p. 116, no. 44. (Erroneously as museum no. F18s8)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 168-69, no. 61.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Denman Waldo Ross (1853–1935), art collector and design theorist, in Gibraltar around 1900.
Gift from Denman Ross to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 22 February 1907.
Gift from Denman Ross to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 22 February 1907.
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