Object details
Accession number
F19c7
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Armchair (Poltrona)
Creation Date
about 1900
Provenance
Probably with the dealer Stefano Bardini, Florence. [Fondo Fotografico Bardini, Florence (f.25, no. 4487)]
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Karl J. Freund, New York on 2 May 1912 for $110.
Dimensions
102.7 x 62.5 x 44.5 cm (40 7/16 x 24 5/8 x 17 1/2 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
Tapestry Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 170. (modern derivation from the 16th century 'Dante' type)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 187, no. 77.
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