Object details
Accession number
U1cg40
Object Case
Musicians Case
Provenance
Gift from the composer Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in Monte Carlo on 4 November 1897.
Marks
Inscribed in ink (upper left): Pour Mrs. Gardner / (Souvenir)
Inscribed in ink (above musical notation): Je t'aime / Fragment
Inscribed in ink: Lentamente with the opening bars of "Je t'aime"
Signed and dated in ink (lower right): F. Paolo Tosti / Monte Carlo 4 Nov. 97
Dimension Notes
Height with brass ring: 33.66 cm (13 1/4 in.)
Tassel: 19.05 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Bibliography
Ellen Dennis. "A Note on the Fans in the Collection." Fenway Court (1984), p. 48.
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