Cassone
1500-1600 (made)
| Place of origin |
Coffer of walnut. The front is inlaid with a coat of arms, figures of amorini, grotesques terminating in volutes, cornucopiae, and swags: the ends are inlaid with masks, and the top with conventional floral devices. Below in front is a border craved with gadroons (partly restored) and lions’ paw feet.
The coat of arms apparently representing the Armi family of Bologna.
The coat of arms apparently representing the Armi family of Bologna.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Walnut, carved |
| Brief description | Carved walnut cassone, Italy 16th century |
| Physical description | Coffer of walnut. The front is inlaid with a coat of arms, figures of amorini, grotesques terminating in volutes, cornucopiae, and swags: the ends are inlaid with masks, and the top with conventional floral devices. Below in front is a border craved with gadroons (partly restored) and lions’ paw feet. The coat of arms apparently representing the Armi family of Bologna. |
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| Object history | ‘The base, back and bottom have been restored’. Gift from Sir Norman Hill, Bart., (in accordance with the wish of the late Lady Gray Hill) Green Place, Stockbridge, Hants. R/P 24/3745 Date of receipt: 03/06/1924 |
| Historical context | Comparable chests Ferenc Batári, and Erzsébet Vadászi ; edited by Elvira Király : Art of furniture-making from theGothic to the Biedermeier: European Furniture from the 15th to the 19th Century in the Nagytétény Castle Museum ([Budapest : Museum of Applied Arts], 2002.), colour plate II, no. 3 (Italy 1500-50) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.81-1924 |
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| Record created | November 23, 2004 |
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