Two Stools (Sgabelli)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 19th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumWalnut, painted leather
Dimensions47.6 x 41.4 x 34.2 cm (18 3/4 x 16 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF27w71.1-2
eMuseum ID718822
Original Numberleft of F27w33-s and right of F27w34-s (I&N)
EmbARK ObjectID14728
Previous Number287.1-2
TMS Source ID3439
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThese nineteenth century sgabelli, or stools, are upholstered in faux gilt leather. The process required imitation silver leaf varnished with a yellow pigment to appear gold. The makers of this stool may not have had access to large quantities of quality timber: they glued together small scraps of wood to create its frame.
BibliographyNotesFausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 285, no. 142.
Sarah Towers, "The Secrets Revealed by the Long Gallery Stools' Conservation," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 28 June 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/secrets-revealed-long-gallery-stools-conservation
Sarah Towers, "The Secrets Revealed by the Long Gallery Stools' Conservation," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 28 June 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/secrets-revealed-long-gallery-stools-conservation
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1903.
