Object details
Accession number
F30c19
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Armchair or Savonarola Chair
Creation Date
late 19th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Dino Barozzi, Venice on 20 September 1899 for 180 lire.
Dimensions
103 x 71.2 x 54 cm (40 9/16 x 28 1/16 x 21 1/4 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
Gothic Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), pp. 277-78.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 313, no. 162.
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