Two Torcheres (Torciere)
furniture maker
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Date1600-1649
Place MadeCentral Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded poplar
Dimensions255.5 x 79 cm (100 9/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF24n1.1-2
eMuseum ID724706
EmbARK ObjectID15371
TMS Source ID3953
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThese monumental torcheres, lavishly carved and richly painted and gilded, are spectacular examples of Italian Baroque design. The exuberance
of the carved foliage is structured by smoothly turned surfaces and forms directly derived from classical orders. Their monumental scale and rich decoration suggest that they were made for an opulent palazzo or possibly a large church, although the decoration includes no religious symbols.
of the carved foliage is structured by smoothly turned surfaces and forms directly derived from classical orders. Their monumental scale and rich decoration suggest that they were made for an opulent palazzo or possibly a large church, although the decoration includes no religious symbols.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1904), p. 17.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 195. (Italian, 17th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 210-13, no. 96.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 195. (Italian, 17th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 210-13, no. 96.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Giuseppe Pacini, Florence through the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863–1950) on 26 March 1903 for 1200 lire. (for pair of torcheres)
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