Object details
Accession number
F16w16
Primary Creator
Italian, Lombardo-Veneto
Full title
Chest of Drawers (Cassettone)
Creation Date
2nd quarter of the 18th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice on 25 October 1892 for 350 lire (for the chest of drawers and two nightstands, F16w12).
Dimensions
99 x 141.1 x 70.2 cm (39 x 55 9/16 x 27 5/8 in.)
Display Media
Pine and pear, inlaid with oak, rosewood, olive, and yew
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
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 119. (Venetian, late 17th or early 18th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 12 (18 Nov. 1962), p. 2. (as late 17th or early 18th century)
Rollin van N. Hadley. Museums Discovered: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Boston, 1981), pp. 181-82. (Venetian, late 17th or early 18th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 126-27, no. 42.
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