Object details
Accession number
F21s10.1-14
Primary Creator
Italian, Veneto
Full title
Set of Fourteen Side Chairs (Sedie da parata)
Creation Date
late 17th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer A. Clerle, Venice on 27 September 1897 for 560 lire (set of fourteen chairs).
Dimensions
117 x 51 x 40.5 cm (46 1/16 x 20 1/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Gilded wood
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. 177. (probably Italian)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 198, no. 84.
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