Object details
Accession number
F18n17.1
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Lyre-back Armchair (Poltrona con schienale con cartella a lira)
Creation Date
1790-1799
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 160 lire (for set of four chairs).
Dimensions
84 x 53 x 45 cm (33 1/16 x 20 7/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
Display Media
Painted 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
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 141-42.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 164-65, no. 59.
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