Object details
Object number
ARC.009938
Creator(s)
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Title
Label for Pendant with Four Leaf Clover
Date
about 1899
Medium
Graphite on paper
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection in June 1899.
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in graphite: "Four leafed clover picked by me as I stepped out of my trap at Fenway Court, during its building. The only 4 leafed clover I ever found. I.S. Gardner" [in Isabella Stewart Gardner's hand]
Dimensions
11.6 x 4.4 cm (4 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Commentary
This note was written by Isabella Stewart Gardner, and explains the provenance of the four leaf clover which is displayed next to it in the gilt vitrine. According to the note, this was the only four leaf clover that Gardner ever found, and she happened upon it at the construction site for Fenway Court—a fortuitous sign for her new museum!
Gallery
Little Salon
Bibliography
Ellen Promise,"Treasure Chest: Isabella's Gilt Vitrine," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 4 April 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/treasure-chest-isabellas-gilt-vitrine.
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