Object details
Accession number
F16w3.1-3
Primary Creator
Italian, Tuscany
Full title
Set of Three Stools (Sgabelli)
Creation Date
mid 17th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Stefano Bardini, Florence on 6 October 1897 for 362 lire (for set of three stools).
Dimensions
55 x 45.5 x 46 cm (21 5/8 x 17 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Partly gilded walnut
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
Raphael Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 107.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 121, no. 38. (as possibly Tuscan)
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