Object details
Accession number
F3s20.1-7
Primary Creator
Italian, Piedmont
Full title
Set of Four Side Chairs, Two Arm Chairs, and a Settee
Creation Date
late 18th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealer Antonio Settini, Venice on 22 September 1899 for 500 lire (for entire set of seven pieces of furniture).
Display Media
Painted walnut, cane
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
Blue Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 29-30. (Italian adaptation of the Louis XVI style)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 54-55, no. 8.
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