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(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Reclining Armchair (Poltrona da riposo)
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2011 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Reclining Armchair (Poltrona da riposo)

furniture maker
Dateabout 1800
Place MadeVenice, Veneto, Italy, Europe
MediumCherry
Dimensions96.5 x 87 x 78 cm (38 x 34 1/4 x 30 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF11n7
eMuseum ID725773
EmbARK ObjectID11504
TMS Source ID700
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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. 70. (North Italian, 1st half of 19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 82, no. 20.
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.