Set of Five Armchairs (Poltrone)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 19th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumPainted and partly gilded walnut and chestnut with gilded brass
Dimensions125.5 x 59.5 x 43 cm (49 7/16 x 23 7/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF19e11.1-5
eMuseum ID730532
EmbARK ObjectID16234
TMS Source ID4571
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. 152. (style of the 17th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 186, no. 75.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 186, no. 75.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
