Object details
Accession number
F18n18
Primary Creator
Italian, Piedmont
Full title
Duchesse or Daybed (Letto da giorno)
Creation Date
mid 18th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Achille Cantoni, Milan on 14 September 1906 for 2000 lire.
Dimensions
86.5 x 220.5 x 97 cm (34 1/16 x 86 13/16 x 38 3/16 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
Little Salon
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 141. (Italian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 166-67, no. 60. (Piedmont or France)
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