Object details
Accession number
F19w43
Primary Creator
Indian, Northern India
Full title
Book Stand (Rahla)
Creation Date
18th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Wood, bone, brass, tin, and lac
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
Tapestry Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 166.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 136. (under "Objects Not Catalogued")
Pedro Moura Carvalho. "Jewelry and Objects from India" in Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 461-62, fig. 5.
Benedict Cuddon. "A Field Pioneered by Amateurs: The Collecting and Display of Islamic Art in Early Twentieth-Century Boston." Muqarnas (2013), p. 18.
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