Low armchair (Poltrona bassa)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 19th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumWalnut
Dimensions66.5 x 61 x 57.5 cm (26 3/16 x 24 x 22 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF19w4
eMuseum ID730134
Previous Number567
EmbARK ObjectID14312
TMS Source ID3121
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. 162. (19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 183, no. 71.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 183, no. 71.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by the late 1890s.
