Object details
Accession number
F4w1.1
Primary Creator
Italian, Central Italy
Full title
Sacristy Bench (Panche da sacrestia)
Creation Date
early 17th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1902.
Dimensions
204 x 383 x 45.7 cm (80 5/16 x 150 13/16 x 18 in.)
Display Media
Carved 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
East, North, and West Cloister
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 3. (as "Old wooden seats"; Italian)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 41, 64. (16th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), pp. 68-69, no. 15. (as Central Italian, early 17th century)
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