Object details
Accession number
F26s9.1-6
Primary Creator
Italian, Central Italy
Full title
Set of Six Chairs (Sedie)
Creation Date
17th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antique dealers Antonio and Alessandro Jandolo, Rome on 28 October 1906 for 200 lire (set of six chairs).
Dimensions
110.5 x 51 x 44.5 cm (43 1/2 x 20 1/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Walnut
Web Commentary
Set on onion feet, the legs of these chairs are essentially blocks with a small turned baluster. The stretchers, on the other hand, are fully turned: two on the front and one on each side. The finials are elaborately carved with curled leaves, and are gilded.
Permanent Gallery Location
Titian Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 215. (early 19th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 261, no. 122.
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