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(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Writing Desk
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Writing Desk

furniture maker
Datemid 18th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumLacquer
Dimensions33.7 x 60.3 x 34.9 cm (13 1/4 x 23 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF15w3
eMuseum ID725161
EmbARK ObjectID11664
TMS Source ID853
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 6. (as "Chinese Temple Table")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 104.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 30 (28 Mar. 1965), p. 2.
 Diana Seave Greenwald, "Betye Saar & The Gardner Museum: A Long Standing Relationship," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 7 February 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/betye-saar-gardner-museum-long-standing-relationship
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Yamanaka and Co., Boston for $25 on 6-8 November 1902. (as from Kasuga Temple, Nara)
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