Object details
Accession number
F16e19.1-6
Primary Creator
Italian, Piedmont or Liguria
Full title
Set of Six Armchairs (Poltrone da parata)
Creation Date
late 17th century - early 18th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the antiques dealer Moisè Dalla Torre and Co., Venice on 13 September 1897 for 960 lire (for set of six armchairs).
Dimensions
124 x 69 x 50 cm (48 13/16 x 27 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Display Media
Walnut and pine
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. 114. (Venetian, early 18th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 123, no. 40.
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