Object details
Accession number
F11n12.a-b
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Tray Table
Creation Date
1750-1799
Provenance
Purchased by Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears (Sarah Choate, 1858-1935), painter and photographer from Gervais Ker before 1921.
Gift from Sarah Choate Sears to Isabella Stewart Gardner in the autumn of 1921.
Dimensions
45.5 x 47 x 33.5 cm (17 15/16 x 18 1/2 x 13 3/16 in.)
Display Media
Painted wood
Dimension Notes
Tray: 50 cm x 32 cm (19 11/16 in. x 12 5/8 in.)
Table: 45.5 cm x 47 cm x 33.5 cm (17 15/16 in. x 18 1/2 in. x 13 3/16 in.)
Web Commentary
Isabella 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.
Permanent Gallery Location
Macknight Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 70. (entirely modern, in the Louis XV style)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 84, no. 24. (tray: 2nd half of the 18th century; table: early 20th century)
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