Object details
Object number
F30s13.1-4
Creator(s)
Italian, Lombardo-Veneto
Title
Set of Four Armchairs (Seggiolone)
Date
17th century
Medium
Walnut and cherry
Dimensions
142 x 66 x 58 cm (55 7/8 x 26 x 22 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner’s collection at an unknown date.
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.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 267. (late 16th or early 17th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 9 (27 Oct. 1963), p. 2.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 302, no. 150.
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), pp. 28-33, ill. p. 35, fig. 23; p. 56, no. 4.
Diana Seave Greenwald, "Who's Laughing in the Gothic Room?" Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 May 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/whos-laughing-gothic-room
Gallery
Gothic Room
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