Walnut
,
104.1 x 77.5 x 43.2 cm (41 x 30 1/2 x 17 in.)
Object details
Accession number
F21n20
Primary Creator
French, Arles
Full title
Bread Cage (Panetière)
Creation Date
about 1750-1800
Provenance
Gift from the painter Dodge MacKnight (1860-1950) to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 23 December 1907.
Dimensions
104.1 x 77.5 x 43.2 cm (41 x 30 1/2 x 17 in.)
Display Media
Walnut
Web Commentary
This extremely ornate walnut box served the humble purpose of keeping bread away from rats and other pests. Typical of the Provençal region in the south of France, the panetière was hung on the wall, where rodents could not reach its contents.
Permanent Gallery Location
Dutch Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 174. (as French, Arles; dated 18th century)
Karen E. Haas. "Dodge Macknight -- painting the town red and violet..." Fenway Court (1982), p. 43, fig. 4.
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This extremely ornate walnut box served the humble purpose of keeping bread away from rats and other pests. Typical of the Provençal region in the south of France, the panetière was hung on the wall, where rodents could not reach its contents.
