Object details
Accession number
F21w21
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Octagonal Table (Tavolo ottagonale)
Creation Date
late 19th century
Provenance
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealers Koopman & Co., Boston on 1 April 1911 for $300.
Dimensions
79 x 97.1 x 98.8 cm (31 1/8 x 38 1/4 x 38 7/8 in.)
Display Media
Walnut and poplar
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
Dutch Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 180. (17th century, considerably restored)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 206, no. 93. (dated as late 19th century with 16th-century Bolognese elements)
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