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Cassone

1460-1500 (made)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

Cassone: wood, carved with rosettes and scroll foliage, a shield flanked by griffins, and a gadrooned border round the base.







Object details

Categories
Furniture
Containers
Renaissance (Italian)
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Cassone
Materials and techniques
Wood (described on acquisition as chestnut)
Wood
Carving
Brief description
Carved and gilded cassone, Italy c1480
Physical description
Cassone: wood, carved with rosettes and scroll foliage, a shield flanked by griffins, and a gadrooned border round the base.





Dimensions
  • Height: 58cm
  • Width: 175cm
  • Depth: 69.6cm
Dimensions from catalogue: H. 1 ft. 11 in., W. 5 ft. 9 in., D. 1 ft. 11.5 in. (58 x 175 x 69. 6cm)
Gallery label
  • Label text c.1930 while displayed in Tapestry Court: North-East Block. South Side. [gallery 44 ‘East Central Court’ c.1909-1952] MARRIAGE CHEST (cassone) Walnut with gilt gesso reliefs partly on a painted blue ground. ITALIAN; about 1480. Given by Sir Charles Trevelyan, Bart. 152-1881. (1930)
  • Chest (Cassone), Chestnut wood decorated with gilt gesso, partly on a blue ground. North Italian: late 15th century. Given by Sir Charles Trevelyan Bart. (1966)
  • CHEST (cassone). Chestnut wood decorated with gilt gesso, partly on a blue background. NORTH ITALIAN; late 15th century. Given by Sir Charles Trevelyan, Bart. 152-1881.(Pre-2006)
Object history
Gift from Sir Charles Trevelyan Bart. Condition: ‘Decayed’.
R/P: 2227/1881.
Received from R. Pinti of 46, Berners Street, but purchased by the Museum using £25 given by Sir Charles Trevelyan Bart. in lieu of objects bequeathed by the late Sir Walter Trevelyan. A file note 25/4/1881 says that the cassone (along with 4 carved fronts of cassoni and carved gothic freize (2 pieces)), was one of a group of 'objects just received from Italy by Mr Pinti.'

Historical context
Comparable objects
Goffredo Lizzani, Il Mobile Romano (1970), (NAL 47.R.84), no.26 (Roman, in the Sansovino style, Castel S. Angelo, c1540-50)
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
152-1881

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Record createdJuly 2, 2008
Record URL
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