Mirror (Specchiera)
maker
Unknown
Date1775-1799
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded cirmolo, mirrored glass
Dimensions180.4 x 117.6 cm (71 x 46 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF11w5
eMuseum ID718912
EmbARK ObjectID11487
TMS Source ID688
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. 68.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 76-77, no. 17.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 76-77, no. 17.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the dealer Consiglio Ricchetti, Venice on 30 July 1892 for 800 lire (with table F11w6).
