Cassone
ca. 1500 (made)
Coffer of walnut, decorated with marquetry of ebony, satinwood and holly and openwork panels covered with painted gesso; the bottom and back is of poplar. On the front are three square panels each pierced with a circular rose of tracery surrounded by a geometrical border of marquetry; each side has a similar rose without the marquetry border. The base is moulded. On the lid is a dentil band overlapping the front and side of the coffer.
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| Brief description | Italian; c.1500 |
| Physical description | Coffer of walnut, decorated with marquetry of ebony, satinwood and holly and openwork panels covered with painted gesso; the bottom and back is of poplar. On the front are three square panels each pierced with a circular rose of tracery surrounded by a geometrical border of marquetry; each side has a similar rose without the marquetry border. The base is moulded. On the lid is a dentil band overlapping the front and side of the coffer. |
| Dimensions | Dimensions from catalogue (HWD): H. 21 in., W. 4 ft. 3 in., D. 19.75 in. (53 x 129. 5 x 50 cm) |
| Gallery label | Label text c.1930 while displayed in Tapestry Court: South-West Block. East Side. [gallery 44 ‘East Central Court’ c.1909-1952]
CHEST.
Carved walnut with back and bottom of poplar.
Decoration in painted gesso and with inlay of
ebony, holly and other woods.
NORTH ITALIAN; 15th century.
1566-1904.
(1930) |
| Object history | Received from Messrs Durlacher Bros, RP/1904/87960. Date of receipt: 12/10/1904 ‘Chipped, cracked, restored’. Location (c. 1930) recorded as Room 5. |
| Historical context | Comparable chests Walnut chest with inlaid decoration and four panels (possibly added) of Gothic tracery. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford AW 1958. 57 41 A.G.B. Russell Bequest For similar tracery medallions compare ‘Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society’, Vol. XXIX, Part II, p. 213 (plate). |
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| Accession number | 1566-1904 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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