cassone

American  

[kuh-soh-nee, kahs-saw-ne] / kəˈsoʊ ni, kɑsˈsɔ nɛ /

noun

plural

cassoni

1. a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.

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Etymology

Origin of cassone

1880–85; < Italian, equivalent to cass ( a ) box ( see case ²) + -one augmentative suffix

Example Sentences

The second piece is a panoramic picture of a procession in Ancient Rome that once was a panel of a cassone, an expensive chest for clothes and domestic items.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2015

There are Italian cassone, papal chairs, a chemin�e of Francis the First.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was the huge Italian cassone, with its fantastically painted panels and its tarnished gilt mouldings, in which he had so often hidden himself as a boy.

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

Almost every page of this book gives a suggestion for some rich tapestry, some fine screen, some painted cassone, some carving in wood or ivory.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

The "Apollo and Daphne" in the Seminario at Venice was probably a panel of a cassone; but although intended for so humble a place, it is instinct with rare poetic feeling and beauty.

From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert