Cassone

The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated early 1500s. Recorded culture or place: Italy, early 16th century.

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Museum title: Cassone
Date: early 1500s
Culture / origin: Italy, early 16th century
Materials and technique: walnut, painted and gilded
Dimensions: Overall: 54.3 x 168.3 x 51.6 cm (21 3/8 x 66 1/4 x 20 5/16 in.)
Artist / maker: Not specified by the museum
Museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 1939.189

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Chests such as this were made in pairs and presented to young women on the occasion of their marriage. They not only provided storage space in the home for clothing and personal effects, but could also be used as a bench to sit on. It was not uncommon for any one room in a Renaissance palace to have several. This chest was in Savoy Castle, near Verzuolo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy from the 1500s until 1922..

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