Object details
Accession number
F30w10
Primary Creator
Italian
Full title
Armchair or Dante Chair
Creation Date
19th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
An 'R' inscribed in a circle appears four times on this chair: on the outside of the arms and on the backs of the stiles.
Dimensions
95 x 70.4 x 53 cm (37 3/8 x 27 11/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Display Media
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. 272. (16th century)
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 311, no. 159. (as 19th century, possibly with elements of the 16th century)
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