Object details
Object number
F25c24
Creator(s)
Italian, Northern Italy
Title
Sedan Chair
Date
about 1770-1785
Medium
Painted wood; leather
Dimensions
151.1 x 83.2 x 102.9 cm (59 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 40 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed erroneously: Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford Anno Domini 1667
Coat of arms (upper back panel): coronet
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer C. McCarthy, Boston on 1 January 1892 for $1,500 for the sedan chair, a set of Worcester Armorial china (museum no. C1s49.1-24), and a table (museum no. F21s8).
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.
Bibliography
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), pp. 1-2, no. 8. (as having belonged to Edward, Earl of Clarendon)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 18.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 200. (as a composite of the 17th-19th century, with false inscription)
Ev Page, "Secrets of the Gardner Museum Collection's Furniture," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 26 June 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/secrets-gardner-museum-collections-furniture
Gallery
Veronese Room
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