Lyre-back Side Chair (Sedia con schienale con cartella a lira)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1790-1799
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted walnut
Dimensions83.3 x 39.6 x 36 cm (32 13/16 x 15 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF18n17.2
eMuseum ID716880
Previous Number458?
Previous Number707
EmbARK ObjectID14589
Original NumberF18e31-s
TMS Source ID3341
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), pp. 141-42.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 164-65, no. 59.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 164-65, no. 59.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice on 25 October 1892 for 160 lire (for set of four chairs).
