Object details
Accession number
F1w4.8
Primary Creator
Italian, Parma
Full title
Settee
Creation Date
2nd half of the 18th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealers Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 1 September 1899 for 650 lire (for set of furniture).
Dimensions
84.5 x 168.3 x 59.7 cm (33 1/4 x 66 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Walnut and cane
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
Yellow Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 23. (Italian, 1st half of the 19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 64-66, no. 13.
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