Lamp
lamp maker
Unknown
Date19th century
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumGlazed ceramic with wood base, brass hardware, and silk shade
Dimensions62.2 x 16.5 cm (24 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF11n14.a-b
eMuseum ID730960
Previous NumberTEMP 192
EmbARK ObjectID11559
TMS Source ID752
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThe floral design and blue glazes of this lamp compliment the desk it sits on in the Macknight Room. Isabella used the desk as a workspace and surrounded herself with objects from different regions of the world. We can imagine Isabella writing letters by the light cast from this lamp.
BibliographyNotesKathleen King, "Isabella's Desk of Curiosities in the Macknight Room," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 31 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-desk-curiosities-macknight-room
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
