Set of Four Armchairs (Seggiolone)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date17th century
Place MadeLombardo-Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut and cherry
Dimensions142 x 66 x 58 cm (55 7/8 x 26 x 22 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF30s13.1-4
eMuseum ID722768
Original NumberF30s13-s; F30s14-s; F30w5-s; F30w6-s
EmbARK ObjectID18505
TMS Source ID6367
Last Updated11/12/24
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. 267. (late 16th or early 17th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 9 (27 Oct. 1963), p. 2.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 302, no. 150.
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), pp. 28-33, ill. p. 35, fig. 23; p. 56, no. 4.
Diana Seave Greenwald, "Who's Laughing in the Gothic Room?" Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 May 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/whos-laughing-gothic-room
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 9 (27 Oct. 1963), p. 2.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 302, no. 150.
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), pp. 28-33, ill. p. 35, fig. 23; p. 56, no. 4.
Diana Seave Greenwald, "Who's Laughing in the Gothic Room?" Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 May 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/whos-laughing-gothic-room
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner’s collection at an unknown date.
