Pilaster Base and Cement Block
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1867
MediumCement and carved stone
Dimensions52.7 x 71.1 x 54 cm (20 3/4 x 28 x 21 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5c48
eMuseum ID730502
EmbARK ObjectID11262
Previous Number81
TMS Source ID504
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.
ProvenanceNotes
Probably made for the Masonic Temple, Boston, about 1867.
Disposed of at the Boston city dump on Worthington Street after the Boston fire of 1895.
Salvaged by Teobaldo Travi (1863-1944), majordomo of Fenway Court, from the Boston city dump for Isabella Stewart Gardner before 1899.
