Door and Frame
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateearly 16th century
Place MadeFlorence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumWalnut, with inlays of various woods, iron
Dimensions302 x 261 cm (118 7/8 x 102 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU14n2
eMuseum ID725774
EmbARK ObjectID11644
TMS Source ID833
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryThis impressive wooden doorway once formed the inner entrance to the Palazzo Borgherini in Florence.
BibliographyNotesIsabella Stewart Gardner. Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 5. (as Florentine intarsia work)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 85. (15th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 92-94, no. 26.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 85. (15th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 92-94, no. 26.
ProvenanceNotesMade for the Palazzo Borgherini in the Borgo Santi Apostoli, Florence about 1507.
Purchased by Isabella Gardner from the dealer Emilio Costantini, Florence, on 6 October 1897 for 5670 lire.
Purchased by Isabella Gardner from the dealer Emilio Costantini, Florence, on 6 October 1897 for 5670 lire.
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