Object details
Accession number
F21e17
Primary Creator
Italian, Venice
Full title
Stand
Creation Date
1770s (inlays: early 19th century)
Provenance
A dealer named Bacchi, probably Italian.
Probably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner as a set with a chest of drawers (F21n2) at an unknown date.
Marks
Label (on back): Sigr Bacchi / [...]
Dimensions
78.3 x 44.8 x 30.3 cm (30 13/16 x 17 5/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Walnut, pine, bronze, with inlays of mulberry and ivory
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. 188. (Venetian)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), p. 20, ill. (Northern Italian, possibly Venice, about 1750)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 200, no. 86. (Venice or Veneto, 1770-1779 with inlays of the early 19th century)
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