Object details
Accession number
F21s5.1-6
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Set of Six Chairs (Sedie)
Creation Date
about 1800
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837–1898), from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice on 20 September 1897 for 96 lire (for set of 6 chairs).
Dimensions
85 x 39 x 36.5 cm (33 7/16 x 15 3/8 x 14 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Walnut, partly gilded
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. 183. (Italian, late 18th or early 19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 202, no. 88.
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