Cassone
about 1500 (made)
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Cassone; marquetry of coloured woods, on the top are two shields of arms within a laurel wreath.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Physical description | Cassone; marquetry of coloured woods, on the top are two shields of arms within a laurel wreath. |
Dimensions | 87.5 x 211 x 77.5cm (Thornton) |
Gallery label | CASSONE
Intarsia of coloured woods
NORTH ITALIAN; early sixteenth century
5924-1859
From a villa belonging to the Rospigliosi family, near Pistoia. The top has two defaced sheilds of arms within a laurel wreath. The base and panels of the front and sides are executed in a style which reveals a new branch of geometric perspective but set in a naturalistic border. Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) commented that intarsia 'was practised by those persons who possessed more patience than skill in design.' The lower stand is a later addition.(Pre-2006) |
Object history | Bought (J.C.Robinson) for £20. Supposed to have come from a residence of the Rospigliosi family near Pistoia |
Historical context | Thornton suggests that this might have been called a "cassone or forziere intarsiato". He suggests that 'the pattern on the plinth, leaning to the right, suggests that this chest had its pair with a similar pattern leaning left - in which case it may be a marriage chest. Comparable objects Claudio Paolini: Il mobile del rinascimento – La collezione Herbert Percy Horne. (Museo Horne, Florence, 2002), no. 6: bancone da segrestia (Florence, 1450-1500), walnut and various woods, 93 x 229 x 79cm, pp.61-63 Cassone nunziale (Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti), 1450-1500; in Graziano Manni., Mobili in Emilia : con una indagine sulla civilt`a dell'arredo alla corte degli Estensi (Modena : Artioli, c1986), no. 14, p.44; and another no. 13 (Monselice, Castello), p. 42 Walnut inlaid with other woods, 76 x 183 x 53cm, Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession no. 22.16.5 |
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Accession number | 5924:2-1859 |
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Record created | October 12, 2007 |
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