Skip to main content
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Set of Four Side Chairs, Two Arm Chairs, and a Settee
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Set of Four Side Chairs, Two Arm Chairs, and a Settee

furniture maker
Datelate 18th century
Place MadePiedmont, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted walnut, cane
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF3s20.1-7
eMuseum ID722842
EmbARK ObjectID15433
TMS Source ID3999
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), pp. 29-30. (Italian adaptation of the Louis XVI style)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 54-55, no. 8.
Kaeley Ferguson, "Caned Chairs and Their Conservation," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 28 April 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/caned-chairs-conservation
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Antonio Settini, Venice on 22 September 1899 for 500 lire (for entire set of seven pieces of furniture).
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1750-1799
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
1750-1799
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
18th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
17th century
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
late 18th century
(c) 2019 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
18th century
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Unknown
about 1800