Pair of Nightstands (Comodini)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date1725-1749
Place MadeLombardo-Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPine, pear, walnut veneer, with inlays of ivory, mother-of-pearl, and various woods
Dimensions89 x 75 x 51.4 cm (35 1/16 x 29 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF16w12.1-2
eMuseum ID718973
Original NumberF16w12-s; F16w22-s
EmbARK ObjectID16295
TMS Source ID4628
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. 119. (Venetian, late 17th or early 18th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 12 (18 Nov. 1962), p. 2. (as late 17th or early 18th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 124-25, no. 41.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 12 (18 Nov. 1962), p. 2. (as late 17th or early 18th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 124-25, no. 41.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice on 25 October 1892 for 350 lire (for the pair of nightstands and a chest of drawers, F16w16).
