Side Table (Tavolo da Muro)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1785-1799
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted pine
Dimensions84.8 x 129 x 61.4 cm (33 3/8 x 50 13/16 x 24 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF3s6
eMuseum ID717397
EmbARK ObjectID11083
TMS Source ID331
Last Updated11/6/24
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. 26. (as late 18th or early 19th century Louis XVI style)
Alexandra Libby and Stanton Thomas. Venice in the Age of Canaletto. Exh. cat. (Sarasota: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2009), pp. 146-47, no. 40.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 44-45, no. 1. (Venice or Veneto)
Alexandra Libby and Stanton Thomas. Venice in the Age of Canaletto. Exh. cat. (Sarasota: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 2009), pp. 146-47, no. 40.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 44-45, no. 1. (Venice or Veneto)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Perhaps purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice on 2 September 1897 for 120 lire. (one table painted XVII century)
Perhaps purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice on 2 September 1897 for 120 lire. (one table painted XVII century)
