cassone

An Italian bridal dowry chest often decorated with carved, gilt, inlaid, or painted decoration


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Italian, Renaissance period cassone
Item No. 1173
Italian, Renaissance period cassone

In solid carved walnut, vigorously sculpted with leaves, vines and other vegetation; the façade featuring framed allegorical figures and flanked by caryatids, the gadrooned lid with tabernacle featuring sliding door which opens to reveal secret compartment, the bottom apron adorned with garlands of fruit, the whole resting upon elongated claw feet. Circa: 1550. Tuscany.

67" wide by 35" high by 27½" deep
Fine, Italian, Renaissance period marriage cassone
Item No. 1029
Fine, Italian, Renaissance period marriage cassone

The case in solid oak with punched leather, iron mounts, and domed top. Bearing the coats of arms of the Visconti and Pallavicino families. 16th century.

24½" high by 50½" long by 15¾" deep
Florentine, Renaissance period, intarsia-inlaid cassone
Item No. 623
Florentine, Renaissance period, intarsia-inlaid cassone

In solid, carved walnut with dome top. Late 16th or early 17th century.

65" wide
Italian, Baroque period cassone
Item No. 658
Italian, Baroque period cassone

In solid, carved walnut. 17th century.

54½" wide by 26" high by 20½" deep
Tuscan, Renaissance period cassone
Item No. 664
Tuscan, Renaissance period cassone

In solid, carved walnut. 16th century.