cassone

American  

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

noun

cassoni plural

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

It is possible he was alluding to these very cassone panels.

From Giorgione by Cook, Herbert

A faded Flemish tapestry, a curtained picture, an old Italian cassone, and an almost empty book-case--that was all that it seemed to contain, besides a chair and a table.

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

I have been calculating"—Mr. Buzzacott turned his pale green eyes towards his guest—"that I may be able to afford that pretty little cinque cassone, after all.

From Mortal Coils by Huxley, Aldous