Object details
Accession number
F30e9
Primary Creator
Italian, Northern Italy
Full title
Armchair (Poltrona da parata)
Creation Date
17th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Dimensions
127.4 x 60.7 x 54.3 cm (50 3/16 x 23 7/8 x 21 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Upholstered 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. 262.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston: 2011), p. 310, no. 158. (17th century with elements of the 19th century)
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