Set of Two Armchairs and Four Side Chairs
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1810-1820
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumMahogany, mahogany veneers, and gilded bronze mounts
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF21e2.1-6
eMuseum ID725072
EmbARK ObjectID15361
TMS Source ID3944
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. 174. (as early 19th century)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 47 (24 Jul. 1966), p. 2. (as empire style)
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), p. 159, ill. (as French, early 19th century)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 38-39, ill. (as French, about 1810-1820)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 47 (24 Jul. 1966), p. 2. (as empire style)
George L. Stout. Treasures from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1969), p. 159, ill. (as French, early 19th century)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 38-39, ill. (as French, about 1810-1820)
MarksNotesInscribed (on a paper label affixed to the underside of one side chair and one armchair, F21e2.3): Sypher & Co. / Successors to D. Marley / Antiques and Articles of Vertu / 739 & 741 Broadway, N. York
Stamped (on a chair leg of F21e2.2): C.W.PAT.
Numbered in paint (on a label on the underside of F21e2.2): T / 250
Mark in paint (underside of F21e2.2): T (in a circle)
Marked in paint (underside of F21e2.3: T (in a circle with a crown)
Numbered in ink (on a label on the underside of F21e2.2): 54 ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner (as a set of chairs from Napoleon's Palais des Tuileries, Paris) from the dealers Sypher & Co., New York by 1882.
