Tilt-top Table (Tavalo)
furniture maker
Unknown
Datemid 18th century
Place MadeVeneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded pine
Dimensions73.4 x 97.8 x 71.2 cm (28 7/8 x 38 1/2 x 28 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF11s28
eMuseum ID719275
EmbARK ObjectID11480
TMS Source ID681
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. 67.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 83, no. 21.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 83, no. 21.
ProvenanceNotesPossibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 13 September 1897 for 160 lire.
