cassone
noun
a large Italian chest of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, usually highly ornamented.
cassoni
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pluralof cassone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Miriam Schapiro, Brach's wife, shows a series of panels, similar in motif to Renaissance cassoni, or hope chests, in which she paints the fertility symbol of an egg.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the fourth addition on Morelli's list we pass into a totally different sphere of art—the decoration of cassoni, and other pieces of furniture.
From Giorgione by Herbert Cook
Painted chests and cassoni were already in demand, dishes and plates for the table and the surface of the table itself were treated in a similar way.
From The Venetian School of Painting by Evelyn March Phillipps
We descend to the Gallery of Hispano-Moorish and Persian pottery, and cross to a suite of small rooms where specimens of Jewish sanctuary art, old musical instruments, wedding cassoni and Flemish cabinets are displayed.
From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball
Florentine, Third Quarter of XV Century Richly ornamented cassoni to hold the bridal trousseau constitute an important class of Renaissance furniture.
From Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Joseph Breck
