Fifteen Choir Stalls (stalli di coro)
furniture maker
Unknown
Date16th century
Place MadeNorthern Italy, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut and chestnut
Dimensions265 cm (104 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF28e6.1-5
eMuseum ID717489
EmbARK ObjectID19735
Original NumberF28e6-s; F28e7-s; F27w1-s
TMS Source ID6930
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryArranged around the stained glass window from Soisson cathedral are fifteen choir stalls, originating from a church of the Dominican order. While she was installing her new museum in 1900, Isabella Gardner required architectural elements to enhance the spaces. Her old friend in Venice, Daniel Sargent Curtis, found this set of choir stalls.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p.24.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 256.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 286-288, no. 143.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 256.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 286-288, no. 143.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Giuseppe Piccoli, Venice on 3 October 1900 for 5000 lire (including other objects) through Daniel S. Curtis (1825–1908), lawyer, banker and owner of Palazzo Barbaro, Venice.
