Object details
Object number
F24w4
Creator(s)
Italian
Title
Bench (Cassapanca)
Date
late 19th century
Medium
Stained poplar and walnut
Dimensions
117 x 175 x 59 cm (46 1/16 x 68 7/8 x 23 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by the early 1890s.
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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 195. (modern, partly made from a Renaissance cassone)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 115, no. 98.
Gallery
Third Floor Stairhall And Stairway
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