Isabella Said
Isabella Stewart Gardner Quote Necklace: "C'est Mon Plaisir"
$72.00
"C'est Mon Plaisir"
Isabella Stewart Gardner
The French translation of 'It is my pleasure' was Isabella Stewart Gardner's motto. The sentiment is felt around the Museum and can be seen today, emblazoned on a stone carving over the original entrance to the Museum.
The perfect gift for an equally gracious host as a house warming gift.
16 inch chain
Gold vermeil chain and pendants
Handmade in the USA
Isabella Stewart Gardner Quote Necklace: "Don't Spoil a Good Story"
$72.00
"Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.”
This quotation captures Mrs. Gardner's knowledge of her scandalous reputation in 19th century Boston society. The perfect gift for the elaborate story teller in your life!
16 inch chain
Gold vermeil chain and pendants
Handmade in the USA
Isabella Stewart Gardner Quote Necklace: "My Garden is Riotous"
$80.00
“My garden is riotous, unholy, deliriously glorious!
I wish you were here.” - Isabella Stewart Gardner in a letter to her friend, protégé, and fellow art-lover: Bernard Berenson.
In her missive to Berenson, Mrs. Gardner referenced the flora growing at the Gardner’s Brookline estate 'Green Hill.' Here, Mrs. Gardner continued to cultivate her lifelong love of horticulture. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum.
16 inch chain
Gold vermeil chain and pendants
Handmade in the USA
Gardner Quote Canvas Tote
$21.95
Go green Gardner style with this marvelous canvas quote, featuring Mrs. Gardner's favored nasturtium flowers. In a letter to Bernard Berenson, Mrs. Gardner referenced the flora growing at the Gardner’s Brookline estate Green Hill, which Jack Gardner inherited from his father in 1884. Here, Mrs. Gardner continued to cultivate her lifelong love of horticulture. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum.
11 x 18 inches with an 11 inch drop
"Shan't You and I" ISGM Journal
$28.00
This hardcover journal features a portrait of Mrs Gardner by John Singer Sargent on the front, printed with a velvet laminate finish that lends a high quality suede-like feel.
8.25 x 6 inches
"Win As Though You Were Used To It" ISGM Journal
$28.00
This hardcover journal features a portrait of Mrs. Gardner by John Singer Sargent on the front, printed with a velvet laminate finish that lends a high quality suede-like feel.
8.25 x 6 inches
100 unlined pages
"C'est Mon Plaisir" Card
$6.25
This card—from local Big Wheel Press—prominently features a quote attributed to Isabella Stewart Gardner: "C'est mon plaisir,” or "It is my pleasure." The quotation reflects Mrs. Gardner's desire to share her Museum with the public, forever. The perfect card for the Bohemian in your life!
4.25 x 5.5 inchesPrinted on fine letterpress paper
Letterpress card with gold hot foil stamping, blank inside
Made in Massachusetts, USA
"Don't Spoil A Good Story" Card
$6.25
This card—from local Big Wheel Press—prominently features a quote attributed to Isabella Stewart Gardner: "Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.” This quotation captures Mrs. Gardner's knowledge of her scandalous reputation in 19th century Boston society. The perfect card for the elaborate story teller in your life!
4.25 x 5.5 inchesPrinted on fine letterpress paper
Letterpress card with gold hot foil stamping, blank inside
Made in Massachusetts, USA
"My Garden Is" Card
$6.25
This card—from local Big Wheel Press—prominently features a quote from Isabella Stewart Gardner. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum. The perfect card for the gardener in your life!
4.25 x 5.5 inchesPrinted on fine letterpress paper
Digital Card with Letterpress Accents, blank inside
Made in Massachusetts, USA
Isabella Said Bookmark Set
$7.95
Make a statement with this set of 8 paper bookmarks prominently featuring quotes and sayings attributed to Isabella Stewart Gardner! Our bookmarks are the perfect gift for the bibliophile!
Measures 7.25" x 2.25"Made of durable cardstock
Isabella Quote Mug: "Picture Habit"
$15.00
This mug—perfect for sipping some of our Courtyard-inspired loose leaf teas—prominently features a quote attributed to Isabella Stewart Gardner: "I suppose the picture-habit (which I seem to have) is as bad as the morphine or whisky one . . . " This quotation imparts the passion and enthusiasm Mrs. Gardner felt when building her Museum and acquiring the art in her collection. We hope that by visiting the Museum, you have acquired a "picture-habit" as well!
11 oz. ceramic mug
Dishwasher and microwave safe
Isabella Quote Mug: "Shan't You and I Have Fun With My Museum?"
$15.00
This mug—perfect for sipping some of our Courtyard-inspired loose leaf teas—prominently features a quote attributed to Isabella Stewart Gardner: "Shan’t you and I have fun with my museum?” This quotation imparts the passion and enthusiasm Mrs. Gardner felt when building her Museum for the enjoyment of the public, forever. We hope that you answer Mrs. Gardner's question with a resounding 'Yes!'
11 oz. ceramic mug
Dishwasher and microwave safe
Medusa Mug
$26.95
Inspired by the Medusa mosaic centerpiece of the Gardner Museum's lush Courtyard comes this collaboration between the Museum and Caskata Artisanal Home, sold exclusively at Gift at the Gardner.
On the inside of this mug is a quote printed in a beautiful flourishing script, commonly attributed to the Museum's founder, Isabella Stewart Gardner: "Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth."
14 oz mug
Made in USA
Dishwasher and microwave safe
Titian Mug with Gift Box
$29.95
This elegant mug features Titian's interpretation of Europa, one of Jupiter's great loves, shortly after she initially meets the god disguised as a beautiful white bull. Written in gold on the mug's inside is an excerpt from a letter written by Isabella Stewart Gardner to her art advisor, Bernard Berenson, after he had secured the masterpiece for her; it reads "When comes Europa? I am feverish about it." The cup's elegant gold handle pays tribute to the painting's beautiful gold frame.
The mug comes ready to gift in a box featuring a full view of Titian's painting, as well as a quote from a letter written by Bernard Berenson after he heard word of Europa's delivery to Mrs. Gardner. The quote reads "At last...the Europa is yours."
Mug measures 3.5 x 5.75 inches (including handle)
Gift box measures 4 x 5.25 inches
Hand-wash only
Do not microwave
Estimated ship date: late-September
Isabella Quote Mug: "Come to Tea"
$15.00
This mug—perfect for sipping some of our Courtyard-inspired loose leaf teas—prominently features a quote attributed to Isabella Stewart Gardner: "I feel that either we will soon become enemies, or also forever, very, very good friends. Come to tea with me this afternoon." This quotation captures the passionate and ambitious spirit of the Founder. The perfect gift for a "very, very good friend."
11 oz. ceramic mug
Dishwasher and microwave safe
Isabella Quote Mug: "Win as Though You Were Used to It"
$15.00
This mug—perfect for sipping some of our Courtyard-inspired loose leaf teas—prominently features a quote attributed to Isabella Stewart Gardner: ""Win as though you were used to, it and lose as if you liked it." This quotation captures Mrs. Gardner's knowledge of her scandalous reputation in 19th century Boston society. Sip your cares away with this mug as though you were used to it and as though you liked it!
11 oz. ceramic mug
Dishwasher and microwave safe
"Picture Habit" ISGM Journal
$28.00
8.25 x 6 inches
Todder x Gardner Museum Crest Leather Key Fob
$18.95
The Newburyport, Massachusetts-based leather workshop Todder creates durable products infused with passion for quality. Their philosophy is built upon New England’s extreme, ever-changing weather elements and begins with 100% USA vegetable tanned leather.At the heart of this custom-designed key chain is an artistic collaboration between one of New England’s finest leather workshops and one of the world’s most treasured art museums. This artistically-inspired partnership culminates with the corporate seal of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, designed by Gardner’s friend, prominent Boston artist Sarah de St. Prix Wyman Whitman (1842-1904) in 1900.
The motto of the Museum’s seal, ‘C’est mon plaisir’ – ‘It’s my pleasure’ – is stamped on this circular leather keychain. The Museum's name is printed on the verso.
Made of 100% USA vegetable tanned leather and metal
Measures 2" x 3.5" D
Made in Newburyport, Massachusetts
Isabella Quote Mug: "My Garden is Riotous"
$15.00
“My garden is riotous, unholy, deliriously glorious!
I wish you were here.” - Isabella Stewart Gardner in a letter to Bernard Berenson dated June 24, 1898
When Isabella Stewart Gardner agreed to sponsor the career of an aspiring young writer named Bernard Berenson, neither dreamed that together they would build one of the country’s most impressive private collections of fine art. Berenson--or B.B., as he signed off on his letters--became Mrs. Gardner’s chief art adviser and her dear friend, as well as America’s leading expert on Italian Renaissance painting.
In her missive to Berenson, Mrs. Gardner referenced the flora growing at the Gardner’s Brookline estate Green Hill, which Jack Gardner inherited from his father in 1884. Here, Mrs. Gardner continued to cultivate her lifelong love of horticulture. The spirit of Mrs. Gardner’s passion for plants blooms perennially in the Courtyard and throughout her Museum.
11 oz. ceramic mug
Dishwasher and microwave safe
Isabella Quote Mug: "Don't Spoil A Good Story By Telling The Truth"
$15.00
This mug—perfect for sipping some of our Courtyard-inspired loose leaf teas—prominently features a quote attributed to Isabella Stewart Gardner: "Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth.” This quotation captures Mrs. Gardner's knowledge of her scandalous reputation in 19th century Boston society. The perfect gift for the elaborate story teller in your life!
11 oz. ceramic mug
Dishwasher and microwave safe
Gardner Tassel Bookmark
$2.95
Isabella Stewart Gardner
1888
John Singer Sargent (Florence, 1856 - 1925, London)
Oil on canvas
Mrs. Gardner sat for Sargent during his visit to Boston in January 1888. He was paid $3000 for the portrait, which was exhibited to great acclaim at Boston’s St. Botolph Club. The work also inspired gossip and legend: someone jokingly titled it “Woman: An Enigma,” while others believed that the sensuous display of flesh deliberately echoed the scandal recently created by Sargent’s Madame X. Mrs. Gardner herself said that she rejected eight renderings of the face until she was satisfied.
Jack Gardner seems to have asked his wife not to publicly show the portrait again while he was alive, and indeed the portrait was placed in the Gothic Room, which remained private until Mrs. Gardner’s death.
In its gallery, surrounded by altarpieces, stained glass, and religious statuary, the sacramental quality noted by nineteenth-century reviewers is even more pronounced.
6 x 2 inches
"Come to Tea" ISGM Journal
$28.00
8.25 x 6 inches
100 unlined pages
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