Object details
Object number
F25s2
Creator(s)
Italian, Piedmont
Title
Commode
Date
1785-1799
Medium
Painted and gilded pine, bronze (with chestnut for drawer rails)
Dimensions
96.7 x 110.7 x 44 cm (38 1/16 x 43 9/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by the late 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
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 19. (as "Toilet Table of Venetian lacquer")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 199. (probably Venetian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 234-35, no. 109.
Gallery
Veronese Room
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