Object details
Accession number
F19e11.1-5
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Set of Five Armchairs (Poltrone)
Creation Date
late 19th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Dimensions
125.5 x 59.5 x 43 cm (49 7/16 x 23 7/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Display Media
Painted and partly gilded walnut and chestnut with gilded brass
Dimension Notes
Depth of sledge feet: 56.5 cm (22 1/4 in.)
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
Tapestry Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 152. (style of the 17th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 186, no. 75.
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