Set of Six Chairs (Sedie)
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1800
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumWalnut, partly gilded
Dimensions85 x 39 x 36.5 cm (33 7/16 x 15 3/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF21s5.1-6
eMuseum ID725208
EmbARK ObjectID15363
TMS Source ID3946
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. 183. (Italian, late 18th or early 19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 202, no. 88.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 202, no. 88.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice on 20 September 1897 for 96 lire (for set of 6 chairs).
