Sacristy Bench (Panche da sacrestia)
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateearly 17th century
Place MadeCentral Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut
Dimensions204 x 383 x 45.7 cm (80 5/16 x 150 13/16 x 18 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF4w1.3
eMuseum ID718074
EmbARK ObjectID14908
Previous NumberF4w1
Original NumberF4w1-s
TMS Source ID3580
Last Updated11/7/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThese high-back benches, carved in walnut, were probably made for a sacristy, the room in a church where the priest prepares for a service. Isabella divided them into five sections and arranged them in the Main Entrance Passage and North Cloister.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 3. (as "Old wooden seats"; Italian)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 41, 64. (16th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 68-69, no. 15. (as Central Italian, early 17th century)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 41, 64. (16th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 68-69, no. 15. (as Central Italian, early 17th century)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1902.
