Object details
Object number
S21e21
Creator(s)
Italian, Central Italy
Title
Carved Grill (Pannello Traforato)
Date
about 1680-1700
Medium
Gilded walnut
Dimensions
97.8 x 180.8 x 6.8 cm (38 1/2 x 71 3/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1910.
Commentary
Elaborately carved with ribbons, leaves and two tulips on long stalks, this Baroque screen lacks any religious symbolism, yet similar designs by Filippo Passarini (1638-1698) confirm its original function as an altar frontal or railing.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 196.
Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 196, no. 81.
Gallery
Dutch Room
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