Suite of paneling and furniture from the Palazzo Morosini on Campo Santo Stefano, Venice
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1760-1780
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumCarved wood
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF18w3.1-22
eMuseum ID727052
EmbARK ObjectID15590
TMS Source ID4133
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryWith the exception of the Little Salon, Isabella Gardner did not purchase complete rooms or attempt to assemble period rooms. In 1897, she acquired interior paneling from the Palazzo Morosini in Venice, but her installation in the museum does not attempt to re-create a Venetian interior. Rather, the panels are often mounted in unorthodox ways, even placed upside down, or cut to form new pieces of furniture.
BibliographyNotesAlberto Salvagnini. "Il Palazzo Morosini in Venezia" in La Ressegna Nazionale 56, no. 12 (1890), pp. 143-151.
Jules Sambon and Charles Mannheim. Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement de Mme la comtesse Lauredana Gatterburg-Morosini, ... (Sales Enterprise of Italy: Venice, 15-21 May 1894), pp. 29-30, lot 343.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 135.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 142-56, no. 52.
Jules Sambon and Charles Mannheim. Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement de Mme la comtesse Lauredana Gatterburg-Morosini, ... (Sales Enterprise of Italy: Venice, 15-21 May 1894), pp. 29-30, lot 343.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 135.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 142-56, no. 52.
ProvenanceNotesLoredana Gatterburg-Morosini (d.1884) by descent from her mother, Elisabetta Morosini Gatterburg, Palazzo Morosini on Campo Santo Stefano, Venice.
Auctioned by distant relatives after Loredana Gatterburg-Morosini's death through Jules Sambon (1836-1921) of the auction house Sales Enterprise of Italy with the co-operation of Charles Mannheim, expert in objets d'art, Venice, 15 – 22 May 1894, lot 343, unsold.
Acquired by the antique dealer Antonio Settini, Venice after failed to sell at auction in May 1894.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Antonio Settini on 28 September 1897 for 6400 lire (for suite of twenty-one pieces of furniture and paneling).
Auctioned by distant relatives after Loredana Gatterburg-Morosini's death through Jules Sambon (1836-1921) of the auction house Sales Enterprise of Italy with the co-operation of Charles Mannheim, expert in objets d'art, Venice, 15 – 22 May 1894, lot 343, unsold.
Acquired by the antique dealer Antonio Settini, Venice after failed to sell at auction in May 1894.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Antonio Settini on 28 September 1897 for 6400 lire (for suite of twenty-one pieces of furniture and paneling).
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