Rectangular, walnut dining table that is stained dark brown. It has a carved square decoration around the sides of the top. The skirt features long inset rectangles along each side. The four legs are oblong in shape, almost like a vase, and connected by a box stretcher. The feet of the table are thick rectangles.
Italian
Table (Tavolo),
about 1900
Walnut
,
90 x 262.3 x 72 cm (35 7/16 x 103 1/4 x 28 3/8 in.)
Object details
Accession number
F16c8
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Table (Tavolo)
Creation Date
about 1900
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Koopman & Co., Boston on 29 September 1910 for $285.
Dimensions
90 x 262.3 x 72 cm (35 7/16 x 103 1/4 x 28 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Walnut
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. 120. (17th-century style)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 9 (1 Nov. 1964), p. 2.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 137, no. 51. (as about 1900 with late 17th-century elements)
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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.
