Set of Four Armchairs (Poltrone)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datelate 18th century
Place MadeVeneto, Italy, Europe
MediumGilded wood
Dimensions88.9 x 61 x 53.3 cm (35 x 24 x 21 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF16n1.1-4
eMuseum ID718888
EmbARK ObjectID16299
TMS Source ID4632
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis set of four gilded armchairs were made in the Veneto region of Italy in the late 18th century. Originally painted a brilliant robin's egg blue and trimmed in gold, they have been subsequently re-gilded four separate times.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 110-11.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 133, no. 47.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 133, no. 47.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1900.
