Window Seat or Upholstered Bench (Divano a panchetta)
furniture maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1780
Place MadeRome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
MediumPainted and gilded walnut, pine, and chestnut
Dimensions81 x 211 x 50.5 cm (31 7/8 x 83 1/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsFurniture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberF16w6
eMuseum ID726354
EmbARK ObjectID11737
TMS Source ID917
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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. 106. (Venetian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 132, no. 46. (Rome or the Marches)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 132, no. 46. (Rome or the Marches)
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
