Object details
Accession number
F30s29.1-3
Primary Creator
Italian, Tuscany
Full title
Set of Three Armchairs (Seggioloni)
Creation Date
17th century
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Emilio Costantini, Florence on 6 October 1897 for 425 lire for set of three.
Dimensions
140 x 60 x 54 cm (55 1/8 x 23 5/8 x 21 1/4 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
Gothic Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 268. (Italian)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 40 (2? Jun. 1963), p. 1.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 7, no. 11 (10 Nov. 1963), p. 2.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), pp. 300-301, no. 149.
Christina Nielsen (ed.). Sargent on Location: Gardner's First Artist-in-Residence. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2018), p. 20, ill. p. 23, fig. 11.
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