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(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Set of Fourteen Side Chairs (Sedie da parata)
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Set of Fourteen Side Chairs (Sedie da parata)

furniture maker
Datelate 17th century
Place MadeVeneto, Italy, Europe
MediumGilded wood
Dimensions117 x 51 x 40.5 cm (46 1/16 x 20 1/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF21s10.1-14
eMuseum ID725200
EmbARK ObjectID15364
TMS Source ID3947
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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. 177. (probably Italian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 198, no. 84.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice on 27 September 1897 for 560 lire (set of fourteen chairs).